Wednesday, 10 June 2015

Fairtest: Weekly Update on Testing Resistance and Reform

 

 

Bob Schaeffer of Fairtest writes:

 

 

With stories from more than half of the 50 states, this week’s news clips show the expanding breadth, depth and clout of the assessment resistance and reform movement. You can help strengthen support for grassroots activism by making contributing to the campaign for Less Testing, More Learning
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National “We Now Know That Students Cannot Be Tested Out of Poverty”
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Keep Pressing the U.S. Senate to Roll Back Federal Test Overkill Mandate

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Arkansas on Verge of Dropping PARCC Test
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California Schools Face Challenge of Explaining Common Core Test Results to Parents
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California Rural Districts Develop Innovative Assessment Alternatives
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Connecticut New Law Would Reduce Test Exhaustion for 11th Graders
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Delaware Parents Understand Why to Opt Out
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Florida Testing Problems Mean Fewer Third Graders Held Back
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Florida Too Much Testing in Schools Critics Say
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Idaho Test Contractor Problems Delay Score Reporting
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Indiana District Supers Call for True Accountability, Not Reliance on ISTEP Scores
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Indiana High-Stakes Testing To Come Under Scrutiny by Legislative Committee
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Kansas Trying to Pilot Local Assessments Under NCLB Waiver
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Louisiana SciTech Charter School Testing Irregularities
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Maine School Officials Say Test is Fatally Flawed
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Maine House and Senate Revive Test Opt-Out Bill
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Massachusetts Groups Launch Week of Actions for Less Testing, More Learning
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Massachusetts Teacher Takes Stand Against Controversial Tests
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Michigan Is There Too Much Testing in Public Schools
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Missouri Legislature Throws Out Smarter Balanced Test
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Montana Flawed Test Cancellation May Threaten Federal School Ratings
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Montana New Bugs Further Delay Test Administration
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New Hampshire Opt Outs Drove City Participation Rate Below 95%
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New Jersey Local Opt-Out Rates Approached 50%
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New York How Standardized Testing Can Maintain the Status Quo
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New York Students Hold Hearing at State Capitol on Testing Policies
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New York Judge Finds Second Version of State Teacher Licensing Test Racially Biased
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North Carolina End of Course Tests Cause Too Much Stress, Dread
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North Carolina Test Taking Is Not True Learning
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Oklahoma Throws Out Writing Test Scores Due to Reliability Concerns
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Oklahoma Questions Raised Over Quality of Temp Exam Graders
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Oregon Meaningful Learning Can’t Be Measured With a Standardized Test
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Pennsylvania Hundreds of Philly Students Opted Out of Tests This Year
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Rhode Island ACLU, Other Groups Petition for Public Hearings on Using PARCC Test for Graduation
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Rhode Island Listen to Teachers About Tests
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Texas Teachers Give Failing Marks to New State School Grading Scheme
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Texas Houston Schools Will Scale Back Local Testing in Response to Grassroots Pressure
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Utah Education Organization Wants to Reduce the Impact of Standardized Exams
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Virginia Governor Signs Testing Reform Bills
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Virginia Parents Protest SOL Exam Volume
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Washington Testing Overkill Takes Toll of Parents, Students
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Wyoming Testing Task Force Begins Work
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International SAT Cheating Scandal Broadens with Indictment of 15 Chinese Nationals
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“High-Stakes Testing” Podcast From Humankind Radio
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Five Myths About Standardized Testing and the Opt-Out Movement
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Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director
FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing
office- (239) 395-6773 fax- (239) 395-6779
mobile- (239) 699-0468
web- http://www.fairtest.org




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