Recognition that high-stakes testing has failed to improve either educational quality of equity continues to spread across the nation. Increasingly pressure from parents, students, teachers, school leaders and grassroots activists is forcing policy-makers to walk back some of the worst exams of standardized exam misuse and overuse. There’s still a long way to go, but assessment reformers are making real progress.
NationalFederal Standardized Testing Mandates Could Be in Jeopardy in Wake of Pointless 2021 Exam Administrations
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/standardized-tests-could-be-in-jeopardy-in-wake-of-biden-decisions-experts-say/2021/07
FloridaBroader Talent Screening Measures Will Leave Fewer “Lost Einsteins” Behind
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/opinion/young-adults-spatial-reasoning.html
GeorgiaBoard of Education Candidate Lays Out Concerns About Over-Reliance on Standardized Testing
https://allongeorgia.com/chattooga-board-of-education/meet-the-applicant-for-boe-bonnie-fletcher/
IdahoPandemic Learning Disruptions Reflected in Student Test Scores
https://www.idahoednews.org/news/college-entrance-exams-scores-dropped-post-pandemic/
IndianaState Exam Is an Expensive, Wasteful Failure
https://www.kpcnews.com/opinions/article_2f8e8478-2ced-5e5d-b406-7ab3934e53d8.html
Indiana Experts Explain Why Not to Use the Term “Learning Loss”
https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/ilearn-scores-dropped-experts-explain-why-not-to-use-term-learning-loss.php
MichiganDetroit Schools Refuse to Hold Back Students Based on State Reading Law
https://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/88-of-detroit-third-graders-below-proficient-in-reading-new-law-held-none-back
New HampshireTeacher Licensing Exams Drive Many Potential Classroom Educators Out of the Profession
https://www.yahoo.com/now/licensing-exams-trip-teacher-candidates-080300090.html
PennsylvaniaTeacher Diversity Must Be Increased to Improve Student Learning
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/editorials/editorial-teacher-diversity-is-essential/article_8a963bd8-2121-5548-b41d-9560ab649245.html
TennesseeTeachers of Color Leave Education Profession If They Fail Initial Licensing Exam
https://tn.chalkbeat.org/2021/7/21/22585936/teachers-of-color-teaching-license-diversity-data-report-tennessee
TexasCommunity Should Look Beyond Test Scores to Evaluate Schools and Help Kids
https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/opinion/community-should-look-beyond-staar-scores/article_c7a76c30-e8f0-11eb-b5a9-5f106ded849b.html
VirginiaEnding Reliance on Standardized Tests Is Best Path for Selective High School Admission
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/23/thomas-jefferson-high-schools-new-admissions-policy-is-right-course/
University AdmissionsCalifornia Colleges Set Diversity Records Without ACT/SAT Requirement
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2021/07/26/u-california-admits-more-diverse-freshman-class-without-sats
Worth Reading“Assessment for Good” Project Launched
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/how-can-teachers-better-understand-students-a-new-breed-of-assessment-will-try-to-help/2021/07
Bob Schaeffer, Executive Director
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