Testing Reform in the News: January 10 - 16, 2013

Submitted by fairtest on January 16, 2013 - 5:24pm

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As we move closer to the annual high-stakes exam season, ever more articles highlight the growing nationwide resistance to test misuse and overuse.

Be sure to start by "testing" your knowledge about current assessment reform developments. Don't worry; our quiz is not high stakes!

Pop Quiz on Standardized Testing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/16/pop-quiz-on-standardized-testing/

Teachers at Seattle School Boycott Standardized Tests -- Reuters News Service global wire story
http://news.yahoo.com/teachers-seattle-school-boycott-standardized-test-022855633--finance.html

Why I Won't Give Students High-Stakes Standardized Tests
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/14/teacher-why-i-wont-give-students-high-stakes-standardized-test/

FairTest Statement on Seattle Test Boycott
http://www.fairtest.org/fairtest-statement-of-support-for-seattle-test-boycott

Standardized Testing Revolt in Texas -- Parents Take the Lead
http://prospect.org/article/standardized-testing-revolt
http://www.chron.com/fortbend/news/article/Parents-group-brings-concerns-about-too-many-4176358.php

Texas House Budget Eliminates Funding for State Testing Program
http://www.kwtx.com/centraltexasvotes/home/headlines/Texas-House-Budget-Defunds-STAAR-Test-But-That-Could-Be-A-Problem-186973291.html

Students Need More than Michele Rhee's Education "Reforms" -- the author is a new member of FairTest's Board of Directors
http://www.good.is/posts/students-need-more-than-michelle-rhee-s-education-reforms/

View From the Classroom: Testing is Out of Control
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gregory-michie/standardized-testing_b_2468532.html

The Fallacy of Test-Driven School "Reform"
http://www.okgazette.com/oklahoma/article-17359-the-fallacy-of-test-driven-school-reform.html

Over-Testing and Test Misuse Undermine Academic Freedom
http://pressrepublican.com/0200_opinion/x1525005336/In-My-Opinion-Impact-of-testing-on-academic-freedom

Teachers Need Freedom to Use Multiple Approaches
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013301130039&gcheck=1

Why Not Ask Teachers How to Improve Schools?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/01/15/1179264/-Why-Not-Ask-Teachers-How-They-Would-Improve-Our-Schools#

Waving the Flag for Formative Assessment
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/01/09/15popham.h32.html

Test-Driven Education "Reform" Movement Has Been a Costly Failure
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130113/OPINION/130119923/1074

High-Stakes Testing is Not the Answer
http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/jan/15/high-stakes-testing-is-not-the-answer/

Astroturf Activism: Who Is Behind "Students for Education Reform"?
http://www.thenation.com/blog/172174/astroturf-activism-who-behind-students-education-reform#