Add Georgia to the list of states that have had to eliminate consequences attached to test scores because of the failure of computer-administered exams. Earlier this year, Alaska and Tennessee cancelled their tests as did Montana, Nevada, and North Dakota in 2015 — more than two-thirds of all states have reported computer test SNAFUs: https://fairtest.orgdata.com.org/computerized-testing-problems-chronology.
Meanwhile, the grassroots assessment reform movement continues to push state and local policy-makers to rollback policies that mandate the overuse and misuse of standardized tests.
National Best Ways to Evaluate Student Learning Growth Involve Educator Input
http://educationvotes.nea.org/2016/05/04/best-ways-for-measuring-student…
National Why NAEP Shows No Educational Progress
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-nelson/national-assessment-of-no_b_9…
Multiple States Online Testing Foul-Ups Leave States Flummoxed
http://www.wral.com/new-online-testing-glitches-leaving-states-flummoxed…
Multiple States After Rejecting Common Core Exams, What Next?
http://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/in/2016/05/09/they-rejected-multi-state-c…
Alabama School Board, Parents Discuss Glitches in Computerized Tests
http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2016/05/we_try_not_to_frustr…
California San Diego Cuts Back Testing Mandates in Response to Assessment Reform Pressure
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/04/standardized-testin…
California State Board to Decide New School Performance Metrics
http://edsource.org/2016/state-board-to-choose-school-improvement-metric…
Florida How High-Stakes Testing Dumbs Down Education
http://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/05/03/how-high…
Florida State Teacher Bonus System Gets an “F” Grade
http://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/2016/05/02/teacher-bonus-system-…
Florida Large School District Backs Away From Relentless Testing
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/testing-will-ease-up-in-hills…
Georgia State Board Nullifies Results After Computer Disruptions of State Exams
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/computer-disruptions-at-s…
Georgia Governor Signs Bill Reducing Standardized Testing Volumes and Consequences
http://www.11alive.com/news/local/ga-students-to-face-less-standardized-…
Georgia Milestones Testing Is Educational Millstone
http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2016-05-07/blackmon-georgia-milestones-t…
Hawaii Why Standardized Testing Should Be Abolished
http://www.civilbeat.com/2016/05/why-standardized-testing-needs-to-be-ab…
Indiana Testing Madness Needs to Stop
http://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/columns/-Testing-madness-needs-to-…
Kentucky As State Testing Nears, Some Choose to Opt Out
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2016/05/04/kprep-nea…
Massachusetts Parents Protest PARCC Exam
http://wpri.com/2016/05/03/new-bedford-parents-protest-parcc-exam/
Michigan Give Schools Flexibility in Testing
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/letters/2016/05/04/michigan-sch…
New Jersey Lawsuit Settlement Gives Districts Power to Determine Graduation, Not State Tests
http://www.northjersey.com/news/agreement-gives-school-districts-power-t…
New Jersey to Extend Grad Test Moratorium
http://www.northjersey.com/towns/state-senator-representing-montclair-in…
New Jersey We Must Learn to Teach the Whole Child
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/16/05/03/op-ed-we-must-learn-to-teach…
New Mexico Don’t Punish PARCC Opt Outs
http://www.abqjournal.com/769247/parcc-optouts.html
New Mexico Removes Gag Order on Teachers Criticizing Tests
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/education/state-removes-gag-order-…
New York Parents and Teachers Protest Against Scripted Test-Prep Lessons
http://www.twcnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2016/05/4/ken-ton-parents-and-te…
New York Regents Head Says High-Stakes Testing of Special Ed and English Learners Is “Abusive”
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/standardized-testing-abusi…
New York Questar Hires Former Pearson Exec. to Run Assessment Program
http://libn.com/2016/05/06/questar-puts-pearson-exec-in-charge-of-assess…
North Dakota State Will Replace Common Core Standards and Tests
http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/education/north-dakota-to-write-st…
Pennsylvania Schools Need More Money, Not Another State-Imposed Test
http://citizensvoice.com/opinion/pa-schools-need-more-money-not-another-…
Tennessee the State’s Real Accountability Problem
https://norinrad10.wordpress.com/2016/05/04/tennessees-accountability-pr…
Tennessee Public Deserves Explanation of State Test Failures
http://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/05/08/tennessean…
Texas “Mothers Against Drunk Testing” Calls for Moratorium on all State Standardized Exams. “Enough Is Enough!”
http://tamsatx.org/posts/tamsa-press-release-enough-is-enough
Texas Superintendents Say State Test Is Riddled with Errors and Other Issues
http://www.chron.com/news/education/article/Houston-superintendents-say-…
Texas Why We Are Opting Out of the Test
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Why-we-are-optin…
Utah Governor Calls for End to Common Core Testing
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865653610/Governor-challenger-call-fo…
Wyoming Confusing Emails About “Lost” State Tests Creates Panic Among Districts
http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/vague-paws-email-sends-panic-throug…
International Thousands of British Students “Strike” Against Against Testing in “Let Our Kids Be Kids” Campaign
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/NEWS/14467431.Primary_school_pupils_strike_…
International Overwhelming Percentage of British Children Report Feeling Test Pressure
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-36229995
International Answers to Tests Taken By 600,000 British Students Leaked Before Administration
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/05/10/answers-to-test-taken-by-600000-…
“Big Data” Failed to Fix Education; It’s Time for Small Data
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/05/09/big-data-…
Survey: Classroom Formative Tests More Valuable Than State End-pf-Year Exams
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/05/survey_classroom_forma…
Should You Trust a Computer to Score Your Child’s Writing Test?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/05/05/should-yo…