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Week after week, news stories demonstrate the many ways test-driven schooling is failing students, families, educators and taxpayers. It's no wonder, then, that the assessment reform movement continues to grow across the U.S. 

The drumbeat of evidence documenting the damage to educational quality and equity from high-stakes exams is forcing policymakers to reconsider their commitment to testing overuse and misuse. Look for many more assessment reform victories as 2018 state legislative sessions move into high gear.

As the number of colleges and universities implementing ACT/SAT-optional admissions policies tops 1,000 (http://fairtest.org/actsat-testoptional-list-tops-1000-colleges-univer

Happy New Year to the thousands of readers of FairTest's weekly assessment reform news clips.  With this first issue of 2018, we want to remind you that previous editions are archived at 

We hope you've enjoyed receivingTesting Resistance & Reform News and consider it a valuable tool for staying informed about the national movement against testing overkill.

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Public support for what Harvard Professor Daniel Koretz labels the "Testing Charade" (http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo24695545.html) is dropping rapidly around the natio

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National States Can Soon Pursue "Innovative Assessment" Pilot Program Under NCLB
http://hechingerreport.org/states-will-soon-free-transform-standardized-...
National Many States Set Ridiculously Unachievable Goals Under ESSA
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2017-11-17/the-every-student-suc...

Florida Schools Seeks Graduation Test Waiver for Students with Classes Disrupted by Hurricane