News from FairTest

Building a Successful Assessment Reform Movement
FairTest submits testimony on accountability to House Education Committee
Testing Resistance & Reform News May 9 - 15, 201
Testing Resistance & Reform News: May 2 - 8, 2013
FairTest Press Release: Widespread Computer Testing Not Ready for Primetime
Testing Resistance & Reform News: April 24 - May 1, 2013
Testing Resistance & Reform News: April 18-23, 2013
Testing Resistance and Reform News: April 11 - 17, 2013
Testing Reform and Resistance News: April 4 -10, 2013
Testing Resistance and Reform News March 28 - April 3, 2013
FairTest Press Release: Standardized Exam Cheating In 37 States And D.C.; New Report Shows Widespread Test Score Corruption
Testing Resistance and Reform News: March 21 - 27, 2013
Testing Resistance and Reform News: March 14 - 20, 2013
March 2013 Examiner Newsletter Now Available
Testing Resistance & Reform News: March 6 - 13, 2013
FairTest to honor Jonathan Kozol with Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award
Testing Resistance & Reform News: February 28 - March 6, 2013
Testing Resistance & Reform in the News: February 21 - 27, 2013
Testing Resistance & Reform News: February 14 - 20, 2013
List of Endorsers of the MA Statement
Massachusetts Statement against High-Stakes Standardized Testing
MA Educators Statement - Press Release Feb. 2013
Testing Resistance and Reform News: February 7 - February 13, 2013
Testing Resistance and Reform News: January 31 - February 6, 2013
Testing Resistance and Reform News: January 24 - 30, 2013
Testing Reform in the News: January 17 - 23, 2013
8 Ways To Fight High-Stakes Testing Infographic
Testing Reform in the News: January 10 - 16, 2013
FairTest Statement of Support for Seattle Teachers' Test Boycott
Seattle Teachers Boycott Tests
Testing Reform in the News: January 4 - January 9, 2013
Eight Steps to Work for Testing Reform Fact Sheet
Testing Reform in the News: December 28, 2012 - January 3, 2013
Testing Reform in the News: December 21 - December 27, 2012
Testing Reform in the News: December 13 - December 19, 2012
What's Wrong with Standardized Tests Infographic
Testing Reform in the News -- December 7 - December 12, 2012
FairTest Senate testimony connects testing with school to prison pipeline.
Testing Reform in the News -- November 30 - December 6, 2012
What a Year!
Testing Reform in the News -- November 21 - November 29, 2012
Assessment Reform Tools: Research, Books and More, November 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- November 16 - 20, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- November 9 - 15, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- October 31 - November 8, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- October 25 - 31, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- October 18 - 24, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- October 11 - 17 , 2012
FairTest Fact Sheet: Why Teacher Evaluation Shouldn’t Rest on Student Test Scores
Testing Reform in the News -- October 2 - October 9, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- September 26 - October 2, 2012
View New Webinar on Authentic Performance Assessment.
Testing Reform in the News -- September 17 - 25, 2012
FairTest News Release on the release of the 2012 SAT Scores
Testing Reform in the News -- September 10 - September 17 , 2012
FairTest Commentary: Chicago Strike Echos High-Stakes Testing Resistance
Testing Reform in the News -- August 30 - September 10, 2012
Common Core Assessments: More Tests, But Not Much Better
Testing Reform in the News -- August 22 - 29 , 2012
Give Arne’s “Bus Tour” a Warm Welcome, see why and link to tour schedule here.
Resistance to High Stakes Testing Spreads
Testing Reform in the News -- August 15-22, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- August 8 - 14, 2012
NEW SCHOOL YEAR: DOUBLING DOWN ON FAILED ED. POLICY
Testing Reform in the News -- July 31 - Aug. 7, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- July 25 - 31, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- July 18 - 24, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- July 12 - July 17, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- July 5 - July 11, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- June 28 - July 3 , 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- June 20 - 27 , 2012
High-Stakes Testing Resistance Spreads Across Nation
Testing Reform in the News -- June 16 - 19, 2012
Testing Reform in the News -- June 13 - 15, 2012
Pop Quiz on Testing
Testing Reform in the News -- June 8 - 12, 2012
Video: FairTest Honors Diane Ravitch with the Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award, June 5, 2012.
Test Reformers Force Cancellation of "Rich Kids SAT"
Fair Testing Advocates Urge College Board: Cancel Special “Rich Kids SAT”
Testing Resistance and Reform News: Regular posts of significant stories.
FairTest Protests Special Mid-Summer SAT Limited to "Rich Kids"
National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing - Sign Now!
Press Release: Colorado Springs Parent Launches Campaign for Parent Rights to Guide Children’s Education
FairTest's Op Ed in The Atlanta Journal Constitution: When put to a test, testing culture flunks
FairTest's comment on the U.S. Education Department's Proposed Priorities for the Teacher Incentive Fund.
FairTest's Testimony to the Rhode Island Legislature on Graduation Exams
FairTest's Letter on High Stakes Testing to the Equity Commission
FairTest to Honor Diane Ravitch with the Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award
January 2012 FairTest Examiner Newsletter Online now
NCLB’s Lost Decade Report
Thank You from FairTest
A Message from Diane Ravitch
A slide show of basic facts about Duncan's AYP waiver plan and the Senate HELP bill reauthorizing ESEA
Summary and Critique of Key Provisions in Harkin-Enzi ESEA/NCLB Reauthorization Bill of October 2011
What to say when you call your senator about NCLB
FairTest Key Recommendations to the Senate, October 16, 2011
FairTest Under Attack! -- How You Can Help
FairTest responds to the Administration's dangerous "flexibility" proposals to change NCLB.
What Should Congress Do About Teacher Evaluation?
FairTest Critiques Sen. Alexander's ESEA-NCLB proposals: The few benefits don't outweigh the problems.
FairTest Press Release on Many Test-Optional Schools Earning High U.S. News Rankings
FairTest News Release: Flat ACT scores shows failure of test-driven "school reform" + ACT score results.
Fact Sheet: "Tests, Cheating and Educational Corruption"
FairTest on the Atlanta Cheating Scandal
Diane Ravitch to Receive FairTest's "Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education" Award
ESEA Reauthorization and Ending the "School-to-Prison" Pipeline: A Congressional Briefing
Flawed Massachusetts Teacher Evaluation Proposal Risks Further Damage to Teaching and Learning
Overhauling ESEA to Improve Public Schools: FEA’s Reauthorization Proposals
Detailed FairTest study of NAEP results shows NCLB has not led to improved student learning.
Spoken Testimony To The Mass BOE Against Using Student Scores to Judge Teachers
Student Test Scores: An Inaccurate Way to Judge Teachers
Testimony to Mass Board of Education against using student scores to judge teachers.
Webinar May 9 on Forum on Educational Accountability recommendations for ESEA reauthorization
Poll on NCLB: Americans Want a Useful Overhaul of Education Policy.
FairTest Press Release on 2011 State of the Union Speech
Racial Justice and Standardized Educational Testing
FairTest is moving!
FairTest Reacts to the 2010 SAT Scores
2010 College-bound Seniors Average SAT Scores
2010 College-bound seniors average ACT Scores
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN THE 2010 ACT & SAT SCORE REPORTS
A Better Way to Assess Students and Evaluate Schools
FEA: A Research- and Experience-Based Turnaround Process
FairTest in the News - June 2010
FEA Recommendations for Improving ESEA/NCLB - Summary and Full
FairTest is now on Facebook and Twitter!
Testing, Discipline and the School to Prison Pipeline
FEA Recommendations for Improving ESEA/NCLB
FairTest in the News - April 2010
How Testing Feeds the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Recommendations for Overhauling ESEA/NCLB
FairTest is There
Congress Needs a Different ESEA Blueprint
FEA Press Release on proposed "No Child" Overhaul
FairTest in the News Febraury 2010
The Atlanta Journal Constitution on FairTest's National Merit Score Re-Post
National Merit Scholarship Corp. Bullies School To Remove Scores From Web; Fairtest Re-Post’s “Censored” Data To Show Biases
FairTest Reaction to President Obama's State of the Union Proposals on School "Reform"
Paying Teachers for Student Test Scores Damages Schools and Undermines Learning
FairTest comments on US Education Department's "Race to the Top Assessment Program" hearing in Boston on Nov. 12.
FairTest Reacts to the 2009 SAT Score Release
FairTest Press Release on the 2009 ACT Scores
What to Look for in this month's ACT & SAT Score Reports
FairTest critical comments on US Education Department's "Race to the Top Fund" guidelines.
A Critical Analysis of the Citizen's Commission on Civil Rights Report
FairTest - NEA State Assessment Reform Conference
Empowering Schools and Improving Learning
NAEP RESULTS PRODUCE MORE EVIDENCE OF NCLB'S FAILURE
Join FairTest in honoring Deborah Meier.
Test Optional Schools List Tops 815!
Questions for Arne Duncan, Nominee for Secretary of Education
Open Letter to President-elect Obama on 7th Anniversary of NCLB
President-Elect Barack Obama on No Child Left Behind
Forum on Educational Accountability Successful in its Efforts to Improve the Higher Education Act
FairTest's testimony on graduation tests to the Maryland Board of Ed.
FairTest on College Board's New "READISTEP" Test
TEST-OPTIONAL COLLEGES LIST SOARS PAST 775
What the Presidential Candidates are saying about NCLB
SAT Scores 2008 Release
FairTest: What to Look for in the 2008 SAT Score Report
ACT Scores Reaction -- A Different Test, Not a Better One
Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests by Latricia Wilson.
July 2008 Examiner Newsletter Now Available
Video: "FairTest: You Can't Judge Learning with a Standardized Test"
Seattle Teacher Refuses to Administer WASL Test to Students
MA Readiness Project Members Criticize Final Report on MCAS and Assessments; Say MCAS Overhaul is Urgently Needed
FairTest Reacts to the "New" SAT Validity Studies
Testimony of Lisa Guisbond to the PA Senate Ed. Committee
Press Release: FairTest's Testimony on the PA Graduation Test
Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon. Projo.com Op Ed.
Why Graduation Tests/Exit Exams Fail to Add Value to High School Diplomas
Thanks to Brenda Engel
NCLB Administrative Tinkering Fails to Address the Flawed "Test and Punish" Policies Initiated By Nation at Risk Misdiagnosis
"Beyond NCLB" by Monty Neill Available at Rethinking Schools
April FairTest Examiner Newsletter Published
Testimony of Monty Neill, Ed.D. to the Rhode Island Board of Regents Regarding Proposed Graduation Requirements
Lisa Guisbond: All Hail R.I, Diploma System
Graduation Tests Will Harm Students. by Judith A. Browne-Dianis
FairTest's Reaction to Secretary Spellings’ “Differentiated Accountability" Plan
Testimony of FairTest's Monty Neill to the Maryland Joint Committee on Education/Ways and Means
Summary of Proposed Legislative Changes to ESEA/NCLB Press Release
EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, DISABILITY, RELIGIOUS GROUPS PROMOTE "REDEFINING ACCOUNTABILITY" TO REPLACE "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" FOCU
“No Child Left Behind” After Six Years: An Escalating Track Record of Failure
AYP Problems and Solutions Report
Letter sent to Maryland January 2008
Letter from FairTest to all Presidential Candidates. October 2007
Ed. Reform, Civil Rights, Child Advocacy Groups Tell Congress: Block Bush Plan to Force States to Expend Student Testing
Senate-House Conferees Urged to "Address Fundamental Problems" In Elementary and Secondary Education Act Legislation
100 National Education, Civil Rights, Religious & Disability Groups Call for Overhaul of "No Child Left Behind" Law; Urge
Movement to Overhaul NCLB Accelerates
Expert Panel on Assessment Offers Principles, Recommendations for Lawmakers Rewriting "No Child Left Behind"
New Poll Shows Americans Support Comprehensive NCLB Overhaul: Reaction of FairTest to ETS Survey
Forum on Educational Accountability
Education bill falls short
New York Times: Back to School
Vermont Governor Opposed to Education Plan
Wisconsin calls not to expand testing for ESEA
Time Magazine: Getting Testy over Tests
Editorial: Don't teach to the test
No Teacher Will Be Left Standing
Bush Test Expansion Scheme Will Leave More Children Behind, Dumb Down Educational Quality
Education Week: At 4, NCLB Gets Praise and Fresh Call to Amend It
ACT "Smokescreen" Focuses on Small Annual Score Changes but Hides Strong Link Between Test Results and Family Income
Civil Rights, Disability Orgs. Call for "Multiple Measures" in "No Child" Overhaul Legislation
Test Reformers React to New National Poll on "No Child Left Behind" (PDF)
Aspen Commission Proposals are "NCLB on Steroids;" Side-Effect Will Be More "Teaching to the Tests"
Education, Civil Rights, Disability, Religious Groups Promote "Redefining Accountability" To Replace "No Child Left Behind"
Civil Rights, Disability Orgs. Call for "Multiple Measures" in "No Child" Overhaul Legislation (PDF)
New Report Challenges Strategies Promoted by Chicago School Officials and "No Child Left Behind"
NEW REPORT CHALLENGES STRATEGIES PROMOTED BY CHICAGO SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND"
STUDY SHOWS "TROUBLING" MINORITY H.S. GRADUATION PROBLEM IN MASSACHUSETTS
"New" SAT Average Score Plunge, Test-Registration Drop Further Undermine College Board Credibility
New Poll Shows Growing Discontent With "No Child" Law
Test-Maker's SAT Score-Decline Math Fails to Add Up; FairTest Urges College Board, "Tell the Truth"
"A Contrarian View of the Testing Industry,"
FairTest Praises N.Y. Senate Subpoena of College Board SAT Scoring Error Report
Testimony of Robert Schaeffer Before the New York Senate Higher Education Committee
The January 18, 2006 Ed Week featured a piece on FairTest and the Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB
SAT/ACT Optional Admissions List Soars to 730 Colleges
Flatline NAEP Scores Show Failure of Test-Driven School Reform
Minimal Changes in SAT and ACT Admissions Scores Show High School Graduation Testing Has Not Improved
No Child Left Behind Flunks on 3rd Anniversary Report Card; Law Needs Complete Overhaul to Promote School Reform
College Board Seeks to Suppress SAT Equity Charts; Lawyers' Letter Claims Copyright Control Over Data on Test's Bias
College Board Seeks to Suppress SAT Equity Charts
Faculty, Civil Rights, and Education Groups Blast UC Regent's Claims about Berkeley and the SAT
Arizona Republic piece on AIMS
Supreme Court Michigan Decisions Will Encourage "Holistic" Admissions
New FairTest Analysis Finds: More than 700 4-Year Colleges Are SAT/ACT Optional
SAT Gender and Racial Gaps Increase Misuse of Test Results Will Hurt College Diversity
College Board Focus on Small Annual Score Variations Deflects Attention from Exam's Fundamental Flaws
Princeton Review State Test Rankings Equivalent to Arthur Anderson Audit of Enron
FairTest Supreme Court Amicus Brief Demonstrates "Test Scores Do Not Equal 'Merit'"
New Report Shows MCAS Will Block College Access for Thousands of Students
Students Spared More MCAS Requirements; Commissioner Withdraws Proposal Due to Statewide Opposition to Using MCAS for College
U.S. Naval Academy Challenged Over Misuse of SAT/ACT Exams; Minimum Score Requirement Violates Test Use Guidelines
Florida State Scholarship Program Unfairly Discriminates, Say Civil Rights and Educational Groups
ACT Misused for School Ratings, Accreditation, Accountability; Test-Taker Increase Boosted by Company-Sanctioned Score Abuse
College Board Emphasis on Small Score Changes Encourage SAT Misuse by Colleges, Scholarship Programs
New Study Finds Rewarding Schools for MCAS Score Gains Produces Flawed Results, Encourages Inappropriate Practices
Test Critics Tell College Board Trustees: "New SAT" Proposals are Cosmetic, Marketing Ploy Evading Test's Real Problems
SAT Repackaging Fails to Address Fundamental Flaws, May Incrase Exam's Bias and Coachability
U.C. Regents Urged to Question Admissions Test Change Impacts FairTest Says Current Proposals Fail to Address Concerns
The Truth Behind the Hype: A Closer Look at the SAT
WHY THE MCAS HURTS
AIMS Press Release
Civil Rights, Ed. Advocacy Groups Seek Racial Bias Probe of Bright Futures Scholarship Award Formula
SAT Scores Not Needed for Fair, Valid College Admissions
GMAT Scoring Error Hurt A Thousand Business School Applicants; Test-Takers Were Not Told of Mistake for Ten Months
College Board Challenged to End "Blatant Hypocrisy" by Cracking Down on SAT Misuses, Including Its Own Handbook
The ACT: A Different Test, Not a Better Test
NAEP Reading Scores Show Testing Mania Fails to Improve Learning; Education Quality Undermined for Low-Income, Minority Children
Boston Parents Say No to the MCAS
California Teachers Association Statement - March 2001
SAT Score Report: Fixation on Biased, Useless Test Results Undermines Educational Equity and Excellence
Droppout Numbers in Boston Public Schools 1996-2000
High-Stakes Testing Flunks - USA Today op-ed September 7, 1999.
"SAT/ACT Optional" Admissions Enhances Equity and Excellence At Growing Number of U.S. Colleges

FairTest finds that nearly 850 four-year colleges do not use the SAT I or ACT to admit substantial numbers of bachelor degree applicants.

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