Along with this week’s news about assessment reform progress, FairTest offers two freshly updated resources for activists to use in their local campaigns and journalists to reference for their reporting:
– a chronology of computer testing problems
https://www.fairtest.org/computerized-testing-problems-chronology
– history of test design, administration, and scoring failures by Pearson, the world’s largest testing company
https://www.fairtest.org/pearsons-history-testing-problems
Colorado New High School Graduation Requirements on the Way
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/06/08/colorado-graduation-requirements-c…
Florida Teachers Quit Citing Testing “Nightmare”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/06/05/teachers-quit-florid…
Florida High-Stakes Pre-K Testing Is Unfair to Students and Teachers
https://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/contributors/2019/06/03/high-st…
Illinois Stop Ranking Our Schools: Education Should Not Be a Competition
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-ranking-sch…
Massachusetts Putting Standardized Testing to the Test
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/education/putting-standardized-testing-…
New Jersey State Will Allow Alternative Pathways to High School Graduation Test Requirement
https://www.nj.com/education/2019/06/nj-finally-has-graduation-rules-for…
New York Students Forced to Take “Field Tests” to Benefit Testing Companies
https://www.tauntongazette.com/news/20190610/millions-of-kids-taking-tes…
Ohio League of Women Voters Concludes State Needs to Abandon Failed High-Stakes Testing
https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2019/06/ohio-needs-to-abandon-failed-h…
Ohio State Should Pursue Performance Assessment Rather Than More Test-Centric “Reforms”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rodberger/2019/06/04/the-economic-policies-…
Tennessee Pearson Underbid Rivals to Win State Testing Contract
https://chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2019/06/06/pearson-bid-20-1-million-to-ta…
Texas School “Accountability” Ratings Criticized for Strong Link to Community Poverty
https://communityimpact.com/houston/clear-lake-league-city-nassau-bay/ed…
Texas Commission Will Study State Test Reading Level
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2019/06/…
Utah State Cancels Testing Contract with Questar Over Repeated Computer Administration Problems
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2019/06/07/utah-will-cancel-with-its/
Washington Repeal of Exit Exam Requirement Is Major Victory for Students
https://iamaneducator.com/2019/06/04/huge-victory-for-washington-states-…
University Admissions Marquette University Adopts Model Test-Optional Policy
https://today.marquette.edu/2019/06/marquette-adopts-test-optional-polic…
University Admissions Were June 1 SAT Subject Tests Compromised by Security Breach?
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/06/10/questions-b…
University Admissions New SAT “Adversity Score” Is Desperate, Cynical Attempt by College Board to Maintain Control Over Admissions
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/tn-dpt-me-patrice-apod…
International Canada (and Other Nations) Should be Skeptical of Global PISA Test
https://theconversation.com/problems-with-pisa-why-canadians-should-be-s…
International What Standardized Testing Doesn’t Tell Us About Learning
http://www.ipsnews.net/2019/06/standardised-testing-doesnt-tell-us-learn…
Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director
FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing
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