Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High...
"Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit Exams" lists what is happening with state high school exit exams: the shrinking number of states with them, ones...
View ArticleFighting for Assessment Reform under ESSA
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the latest version of the long-standing Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It replaces the widely despised “No Child Left Behind.” The new law...
View ArticleOverhauling Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning: New Opportunities...
Overhauling Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning:New Opportunities under the Every Student Succeeds Act The federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) creates valuable opportunities to replace...
View ArticlePersonalized Learning or Continuous Online Testing?
Technology “permits us now to do in nanoseconds things we shouldn’t be doing at all.”– Gerald BraceyEducation policymakers and technology providers have joined forces to accelerate a longtime push for...
View ArticleFederal Law and Regulations on Opting Out Under ESSA
(NOTE: For a properly formatted PDF of this fact sheet click here)Regulations on test participation and accountabilityThe U.S. Department of Education (DoE) has issued regulations governing state...
View ArticleNew Resistance and Reform Tools
New and Updated Fact Sheets:Here are new and updated tools that parents, teachers, students and their allies can use to battle the overuse and misuse of standardized tests.read more
View ArticleStandardized Testing and Students with Disabilities
Does Inclusion in Testing Mean Inclusion in Meaningful Learning? Federal law requires 95% test participation, including for the vast majority of students with disabilities. (One percent of all students...
View ArticleStandardized Testing and Young Children
Fact Sheet/Hoja informativaStandardized Testing and Young Children Hoja informativa sobre las pruebas y los niños pequeños
View ArticleThe New Federal Education Law: A Basis for a Stronger Testing Resistance and...
The New Federal Education Law:A Basis for a Stronger Testing Resistance and Assessment Reform Movementread more
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