Testing Resistance & Reform News: April 18-23, 2013
Every week seems to set a new record for coverage of the rapidly expanding national movement against high-stakes testing overkill. In addition to stories about resistance to standardized exams from a dozen states, many excellent commentaries were published in the past few days.Remember that back issues of these updates are online at http://fairtest.org/news -- click on the red button at the top of the page to Donate to support FairTest's work making testing reform news and distributing it.
Overuse of High-Stakes Tests Feeds Cheating Explosion -- USA Today editorial response by FairTest
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/04/22/standardized-tests-cheating--editorials-debates/2104923/High-Stakes Testing Exposed . . . Again
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=11240#moreEducation "Reform" Missing Another "R" -- Results
http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/education-reform-missing-another-r-word-results-rf9hgtc-202854471.htmlHow Do You Evaluate Teachers Who Change Lives? (not by "value-added" test scores)
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/04/17/28cella.h32.htmlNew York Parents: My Kids Not Taking Another Standardized Test
http://news.yahoo.com/york-parents-kid-not-taking-another-standardized-test-025008171.htmlParents Outraged by Common Core Testing
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/education/common-core-testing-spurs-outrage-and-protest-among-parents.htmlError by Testing Giant Pearson Shuts 2,700 NYC Students Out of Gifted-and-Talented Classes
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exam-error-shuts-2-700-gifted-talented-programs-article-1.1322573Chicago Students Plan Boycott of State Test
http://www.wbez.org/news/students-want-boycott-state-test-106735In Bid to Pare Exams, Texas Targets Pearson
http://www.texastribune.org/2013/04/21/taking-aim-testing-firm-quest-pare-state-exams/State Tests Impede Learning
http://www.statesman.com/news/news/opinion/westerlund-state-tests-impede-learning/nXQR3/Crash Test: A History of Texas Testing and the Growing Resistance
http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/history-of-standardized-testing-in-texasPortland Students Protest High-Stakes Testing
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/04/cleveland_high_school_students.htmlOhio School Administrators Under Investigation in Another Cheating Scandal
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/17/ohio-new-school-cheating-scandalTesting Regime Fails Georgia Students
http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2013-04-20/blackmon-testing-regimen-failing-georgia-studentsOnly Bubble-Headed Zombies Rely on Standardized Testing in North Carolina
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/04/13/2821145/our-bubble-headed-zombie-creating.htmlTesting time: Anxious Kids. Angry Parents. Approaching Revolution
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/apr/20/testing-time-anxious-kids-angry-parents/Teaching to Test Takes Away From Education
http://www.seminolechronicle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/516ffd6a3ad3bSchool Uses Bribes and Threats to Make Students Take Tests
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/04/22/school-warns-students-no-test-no-sports/Standardized Testing: The Great Deception
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-rhonda-joy-edwards-vansant/standardized-testing-the-_1_b_3118062.htmlTesting Addiction is Real School Scandal
http://www.toledoblade.com/Keith-Burris/2013/04/21/The-real-school-scandal-is-our-testing-addiction.htmlHow High-Stakes Testing Transformed My Job From Great to Infuriating
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/04/21/teacher-how-my-job-went-from-great-to-infuriating/The First Race to the Top
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/opinion/sunday/the-first-testing-race-to-the-top.html
More than 1000 four-year colleges and universities do not use the SAT or ACT to admit substantial numbers of bachelor-degree applicants.