The National Center for Fair & Open Testing

The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial.

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Let’s Win More Assessment Reform Victories!

This year end season, your donation will help FairTest and the national testing resistance and reform movement achieve many more meaningful victories in 2019.

Polls show public opinion is now on our side. FairTest’s new executive director, Andre Green, is already working to transform our intellectual wins into real policy changes. Because of your support, we have made major progress in rolling back K-12 testing overkill and increasing the number of ACT/SAT-optional colleges.

With your generous help we will win even more victories in 2019! Simply click here

or mail your check to: FairTest, 88 Governor Winthrop Road, Somerville, MA 02145. You can also use this direct link: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/fairtest

Thank YOU, and best wishes for the coming holiday season!

FairTest reacts to 2018 ACT and SAT scores

See FairTest's reaction to the release of the 2018 ACT and SAT scores. Including score charts.

Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out

FairTest fact sheet explains opting out, links to fact sheets on federal law, and more.

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Please donate to help FairTest grow the testing resistance and reform movement by clicking here.

“Beyond The GRE” Campaign And “GREXIT” Web List Seek To Downplay Tests In Graduate School Admissions

Scores from the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) are not good predictors of success in many graduate school programs, according to leaders of an effort to reduce reliance on test results launched today.

Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit Exams (Updated August 2018)

The number of states requiring high school graduation exams in language arts and math has declined rapidly over the past few years. Only twelve states have graduation tests in place for the high school class of 2019, down from a high of 27 that had or planned such tests.

Test-Optional Admissions list Tops 1000 Colleges and Universities

More than 100 additional schools drop ACT/SAT requirements in past four years. . .

More than 1000 four-year colleges and universities do not use the SAT or ACT to admit substantial numbers of bachelor-degree applicants.

See the searchable database of schools.

Find out why and how schools go "Test Optional."

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