With COVID receding, test-and-punish advocates are calling for a return to the pre-pandemic, business-as-usual administration of standardized exams this spring. But across the country, assessment reformers are pushing back by pressing for ongoing suspensions of test score consequences and organizing opt-out campaigns. In a number of state capitals, policy-makers are responding by reducing testing volume, suspending high-stakes, and questioning the continuation of policies that have failed to improve academic achievement or close demographic learning gaps.