FairTest

Really? We are being falsely set up for or NCLB's return by the usual suspects. You would think we stopped having consequences for schools' test results in 2013. It's the iPhone/Chromebook stupid. It's not only the US. Just feeds the voucher narrative.

Achievement dip coincided with high-stakes testing ‘breakdown,’ study finds The pandemic was the "the mudslide” in a decline that began in 2013, one researcher said. Another attributed the decline to technology.

This Week's Testing News! -

This Week's Testing News! Check out our TWO new reports: One, What States Can Do To Improve Assessments and Accountability Systems: A New Report From FairTest and the NEA, outlines policy priorities shared with the NEA on how state and local union affiliates should be working with state and local authorities to improve asse...

NPR piece on state of test optional including FairTest comments. Fails to even mention the main issue--the impact of testing on the wealth, privilege and racial composition of admissions. Seems like NPR engaged in a stroke of self-censorship. https://ow.ly/Uc4e50YV313

More college applicants are opting to include SAT or ACT scores in their submissions This application cycle, way more students reported test scores, up 10% compared with last year. That's despite many colleges having "test-optional" admissions policies.

Ed First study: kids in K-8 take as many as 88 different tests for up to 222 hours. They are not connected to curriculum and instruction and the volume doesn't improve state summative scores. What to do? Need to fundamentally redo accountability and assessment to change the systemic incentive structure. read the FairTest analysis and proposal:

New Study Shows How Out of Control and Ineffective K-8 Testing Has Become; Clear Need to Change Assessment and Accountability Paradigms - Fairtest Education First documented the proliferation of excessive and harmful testing in American K-8 public schools in its report Rethinking the Test Pile: A National Study of K-8 Academic Assessments. Students take as many as 88 distinct state and district mandated assessments and sit for 222 hours of tes...