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2019 SAT SCORES: GAPS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS GROWS 1,050+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES. SAT score gaps between demographic groups grew even larger for the high school class of 2019, according to an analysis by FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The nonprofit organization compared new exam results for this year’s graduates with those from2018.
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. THE LIMITS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:00pm. fact sheets. k-12. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned (criterion-referenced). 1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED High-stakes testing punishes students, and often teachers, for things they cannot control. It drives students and teachers away from learning, and at times from school. It narrows, distorts, weakens and impoverishes the curriculum while fostering forms of instruction that fail to engage students or support high-quality learning. RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
2019 SAT SCORES: GAPS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS GROWS 1,050+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES. SAT score gaps between demographic groups grew even larger for the high school class of 2019, according to an analysis by FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The nonprofit organization compared new exam results for this year’s graduates with those from2018.
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. THE LIMITS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:00pm. fact sheets. k-12. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned (criterion-referenced). 1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED High-stakes testing punishes students, and often teachers, for things they cannot control. It drives students and teachers away from learning, and at times from school. It narrows, distorts, weakens and impoverishes the curriculum while fostering forms of instruction that fail to engage students or support high-quality learning. RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. FAIRTEST | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING Comparison of number of high school graduates who had taken the ACT and SAT annually over the past 30 years. Note: Schools with website “Hot Links” have paid a modest fee for this service. Linking does not imply endorsement. If your institution would like to participate in this “Hot Link” program, please contact FairTest at (617) 477WHAT IS NEWS?
Most journalists agree that the following eight elements make up what is considered "news." Immediacy: Reporting something that has just happened or is about to happen. Time is a strong ingredient, "today, yesterday, early this morning, tomorrow." The newness of the occurrence makes up "immediacy" in the news. TESTING RESISTANCE & REFORM NEWS: JUNE 2 1,475+ Accredited, 4-Year Colleges & Universities with ACT/SAT-Optional Testing Policies for Fall, 2022 Admissions . See the searchable database of schools. FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS Federal Standards for Standardized Tests. Judging by the howls of anguish from conservative "op. ed." writers and the "crocodile tears" coming from some leaders of the college admissions community, one might think the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had proposed banning every standardized test which yielded group MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. FOUR-YEARS COLLEGES AND for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 . mobile (239) 699-0468 . for immediate release Monday, June 15, 2020 .MORE THAN HALF OF
FAIRTEST STAFF AND BOARD Robert A. (Bob) Schaeffer is FairTest's Interim Executive Director, and has served as Public Education Director of FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, since its founding in 1985, and is a member of its Board of Directors. Previously, he was Editorial Writer at the NBC-TV affiliate in Boston, Research Director of theNEWS | FAIRTEST
for further information: Charles Rooney (857) 350-8207 eves. Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for use after 12:00am, October 7, 1998 MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter 2019 SAT SCORES: GAPS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS GROWS 1,050+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES. SAT score gaps between demographic groups grew even larger for the high school class of 2019, according to an analysis by FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The nonprofit organization compared new exam results for this year’s graduates with those from2018.
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE LIMITS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:00pm. fact sheets. k-12. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned (criterion-referenced). RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter 2019 SAT SCORES: GAPS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS GROWS 1,050+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES. SAT score gaps between demographic groups grew even larger for the high school class of 2019, according to an analysis by FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The nonprofit organization compared new exam results for this year’s graduates with those from2018.
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE LIMITS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:00pm. fact sheets. k-12. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned (criterion-referenced). RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally.WHAT IS NEWS?
Most journalists agree that the following eight elements make up what is considered "news." Immediacy: Reporting something that has just happened or is about to happen. Time is a strong ingredient, "today, yesterday, early this morning, tomorrow." The newness of the occurrence makes up "immediacy" in the news. FAIRTEST | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING Comparison of number of high school graduates who had taken the ACT and SAT annually over the past 30 years. Note: Schools with website “Hot Links” have paid a modest fee for this service. Linking does not imply endorsement. If your institution would like to participate in this “Hot Link” program, please contact FairTest at (617) 477 FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS Federal Standards for Standardized Tests. Judging by the howls of anguish from conservative "op. ed." writers and the "crocodile tears" coming from some leaders of the college admissions community, one might think the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had proposed banning every standardized test which yielded group TESTING RESISTANCE & REFORM NEWS: JUNE 2 1,475+ Accredited, 4-Year Colleges & Universities with ACT/SAT-Optional Testing Policies for Fall, 2022 Admissions . See the searchable database of schools. JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
NEWS | FAIRTEST
for further information: Charles Rooney (857) 350-8207 eves. Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for use after 12:00am, October 7, 1998 CRITERION- AND STANDARDS- REFERENCED TESTS Criterion- and Standards- Referenced Tests. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:29pm. fact sheets. k-12. Criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are intended to measure how well a person has learned a specific body of knowledge and skills. Multiple-choice tests most people take to get a driver's license and on-the-road driving testsare both
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED Tests are called "high-stakes" when they used to make major decisions about a student, such as high school graduation or grade promotion. To be high stakes, a test has to be very important in the decision process or be able to override other information (for example, a student does not graduate if s/he does not pass the test regardless of how well s/he did in school). THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter 2019 SAT SCORES: GAPS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS GROWS 1,050+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES. SAT score gaps between demographic groups grew even larger for the high school class of 2019, according to an analysis by FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The nonprofit organization compared new exam results for this year’s graduates with those from2018.
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE LIMITS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:00pm. fact sheets. k-12. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned (criterion-referenced). RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter 2019 SAT SCORES: GAPS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS GROWS 1,050+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES. SAT score gaps between demographic groups grew even larger for the high school class of 2019, according to an analysis by FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The nonprofit organization compared new exam results for this year’s graduates with those from2018.
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE LIMITS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:00pm. fact sheets. k-12. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned (criterion-referenced). RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally.WHAT IS NEWS?
Most journalists agree that the following eight elements make up what is considered "news." Immediacy: Reporting something that has just happened or is about to happen. Time is a strong ingredient, "today, yesterday, early this morning, tomorrow." The newness of the occurrence makes up "immediacy" in the news. FAIRTEST | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING Comparison of number of high school graduates who had taken the ACT and SAT annually over the past 30 years. Note: Schools with website “Hot Links” have paid a modest fee for this service. Linking does not imply endorsement. If your institution would like to participate in this “Hot Link” program, please contact FairTest at (617) 477 FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS Federal Standards for Standardized Tests. Judging by the howls of anguish from conservative "op. ed." writers and the "crocodile tears" coming from some leaders of the college admissions community, one might think the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had proposed banning every standardized test which yielded group TESTING RESISTANCE & REFORM NEWS: JUNE 2 1,475+ Accredited, 4-Year Colleges & Universities with ACT/SAT-Optional Testing Policies for Fall, 2022 Admissions . See the searchable database of schools. JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
NEWS | FAIRTEST
for further information: Charles Rooney (857) 350-8207 eves. Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for use after 12:00am, October 7, 1998 CRITERION- AND STANDARDS- REFERENCED TESTS Criterion- and Standards- Referenced Tests. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:29pm. fact sheets. k-12. Criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are intended to measure how well a person has learned a specific body of knowledge and skills. Multiple-choice tests most people take to get a driver's license and on-the-road driving testsare both
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED Tests are called "high-stakes" when they used to make major decisions about a student, such as high school graduation or grade promotion. To be high stakes, a test has to be very important in the decision process or be able to override other information (for example, a student does not graduate if s/he does not pass the test regardless of how well s/he did in school). THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter 2019 SAT SCORES: GAPS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS GROWS 1,050+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES. SAT score gaps between demographic groups grew even larger for the high school class of 2019, according to an analysis by FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The nonprofit organization compared new exam results for this year’s graduates with those from2018.
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE LIMITS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:00pm. fact sheets. k-12. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned (criterion-referenced). RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter 2019 SAT SCORES: GAPS BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS GROWS 1,050+ COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES NOW DO NOT REQUIRE SAT OR ACT SCORES. SAT score gaps between demographic groups grew even larger for the high school class of 2019, according to an analysis by FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The nonprofit organization compared new exam results for this year’s graduates with those from2018.
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MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE LIMITS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:00pm. fact sheets. k-12. Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or how much of a particular curriculum they have learned (criterion-referenced). RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally.WHAT IS NEWS?
Most journalists agree that the following eight elements make up what is considered "news." Immediacy: Reporting something that has just happened or is about to happen. Time is a strong ingredient, "today, yesterday, early this morning, tomorrow." The newness of the occurrence makes up "immediacy" in the news. FAIRTEST | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING Comparison of number of high school graduates who had taken the ACT and SAT annually over the past 30 years. Note: Schools with website “Hot Links” have paid a modest fee for this service. Linking does not imply endorsement. If your institution would like to participate in this “Hot Link” program, please contact FairTest at (617) 477 FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS Federal Standards for Standardized Tests. Judging by the howls of anguish from conservative "op. ed." writers and the "crocodile tears" coming from some leaders of the college admissions community, one might think the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had proposed banning every standardized test which yielded group TESTING RESISTANCE & REFORM NEWS: JUNE 2 1,475+ Accredited, 4-Year Colleges & Universities with ACT/SAT-Optional Testing Policies for Fall, 2022 Admissions . See the searchable database of schools. JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
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for further information: Charles Rooney (857) 350-8207 eves. Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for use after 12:00am, October 7, 1998 CRITERION- AND STANDARDS- REFERENCED TESTS Criterion- and Standards- Referenced Tests. Submitted by fairtest on August 17, 2007 - 2:29pm. fact sheets. k-12. Criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are intended to measure how well a person has learned a specific body of knowledge and skills. Multiple-choice tests most people take to get a driver's license and on-the-road driving testsare both
MORE THAN 700 COLLEGES TEST "OPTIONAL" More Than 700 Colleges Test "Optional". As millions of high school students across the country frantically prepare to take the SAT and ACT, a new FairTest list demonstrates that much of the anxiety is unwarranted. Scores from neither test are necessary for many applicants at more than 700 four-year U.S. colleges and universities. POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED Tests are called "high-stakes" when they used to make major decisions about a student, such as high school graduation or grade promotion. To be high stakes, a test has to be very important in the decision process or be able to override other information (for example, a student does not graduate if s/he does not pass the test regardless of how well s/he did in school). THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
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STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED High-stakes testing punishes students, and often teachers, for things they cannot control. It drives students and teachers away from learning, and at times from school. It narrows, distorts, weakens and impoverishes the curriculum while fostering forms of instruction that fail to engage students or support high-quality learning. RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
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STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED High-stakes testing punishes students, and often teachers, for things they cannot control. It drives students and teachers away from learning, and at times from school. It narrows, distorts, weakens and impoverishes the curriculum while fostering forms of instruction that fail to engage students or support high-quality learning. RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
TESTING RESISTANCE & REFORM NEWS: JUNE 2 1,475+ Accredited, 4-Year Colleges & Universities with ACT/SAT-Optional Testing Policies for Fall, 2022 Admissions . See the searchable database of schools. STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. FOUR-YEARS COLLEGES AND for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 . mobile (239) 699-0468 . for immediate release Monday, June 15, 2020 .MORE THAN HALF OF
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for further information: Charles Rooney (857) 350-8207 eves. Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for use after 12:00am, October 7, 1998 MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
NEW ZEALAND ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL New Zealand Accountability Model. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Conceptions of accountability and the tools used in implementing accountability systems vary across the world. Few nations are as fixated as the U.S. on using standardized tests as the primary tool for both monitoring achievement and controlling the curriculum.The small
NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
DIBELS: PEDAGOGY OF THE ABSURD HURTS CHILDREN DIBELS: Pedagogy of the Absurd Hurts Children. The federal Reading First program has come under repeated scrutiny for corruption, exposing how individuals in charge of monitoring the program have pushed products, such as the DIBELS test, from which they have benefited financially (see " ASSESS FOR LEARNING POSITION PAPER 2 Definition Assessment for Learning is part of everyday practice by students, teachers and peers that seeks, reflects upon and responds to information from dialogue, demonstration and THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED High-stakes testing punishes students, and often teachers, for things they cannot control. It drives students and teachers away from learning, and at times from school. It narrows, distorts, weakens and impoverishes the curriculum while fostering forms of instruction that fail to engage students or support high-quality learning. RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED High-stakes testing punishes students, and often teachers, for things they cannot control. It drives students and teachers away from learning, and at times from school. It narrows, distorts, weakens and impoverishes the curriculum while fostering forms of instruction that fail to engage students or support high-quality learning. RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
TESTING RESISTANCE & REFORM NEWS: JUNE 2 1,475+ Accredited, 4-Year Colleges & Universities with ACT/SAT-Optional Testing Policies for Fall, 2022 Admissions . See the searchable database of schools. STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. FOUR-YEARS COLLEGES AND for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 . mobile (239) 699-0468 . for immediate release Monday, June 15, 2020 .MORE THAN HALF OF
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for further information: Charles Rooney (857) 350-8207 eves. Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for use after 12:00am, October 7, 1998 MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ARE for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
NEW ZEALAND ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL New Zealand Accountability Model. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Conceptions of accountability and the tools used in implementing accountability systems vary across the world. Few nations are as fixated as the U.S. on using standardized tests as the primary tool for both monitoring achievement and controlling the curriculum.The small
NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
DIBELS: PEDAGOGY OF THE ABSURD HURTS CHILDREN DIBELS: Pedagogy of the Absurd Hurts Children. The federal Reading First program has come under repeated scrutiny for corruption, exposing how individuals in charge of monitoring the program have pushed products, such as the DIBELS test, from which they have benefited financially (see " ASSESS FOR LEARNING POSITION PAPER 2 Definition Assessment for Learning is part of everyday practice by students, teachers and peers that seeks, reflects upon and responds to information from dialogue, demonstration and THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED High-stakes testing punishes students, and often teachers, for things they cannot control. It drives students and teachers away from learning, and at times from school. It narrows, distorts, weakens and impoverishes the curriculum while fostering forms of instruction that fail to engage students or support high-quality learning. RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. ~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
1,400+ U.S. FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WILL NOT for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile(239) 699-0468
STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED High-stakes testing punishes students, and often teachers, for things they cannot control. It drives students and teachers away from learning, and at times from school. It narrows, distorts, weakens and impoverishes the curriculum while fostering forms of instruction that fail to engage students or support high-quality learning. RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
TESTING RESISTANCE & REFORM NEWS: JUNE 2 1,475+ Accredited, 4-Year Colleges & Universities with ACT/SAT-Optional Testing Policies for Fall, 2022 Admissions . See the searchable database of schools. STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
MORE THAN HALF OF ALL U.S. FOUR-YEARS COLLEGES AND for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 . mobile (239) 699-0468 . for immediate release Monday, June 15, 2020 .MORE THAN HALF OF
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NEW ZEALAND ACCOUNTABILITY MODEL New Zealand Accountability Model. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Conceptions of accountability and the tools used in implementing accountability systems vary across the world. Few nations are as fixated as the U.S. on using standardized tests as the primary tool for both monitoring achievement and controlling the curriculum.The small
NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
DIBELS: PEDAGOGY OF THE ABSURD HURTS CHILDREN DIBELS: Pedagogy of the Absurd Hurts Children. The federal Reading First program has come under repeated scrutiny for corruption, exposing how individuals in charge of monitoring the program have pushed products, such as the DIBELS test, from which they have benefited financially (see " ASSESS FOR LEARNING POSITION PAPER 2 Definition Assessment for Learning is part of everyday practice by students, teachers and peers that seeks, reflects upon and responds to information from dialogue, demonstration and THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. FAIRTEST | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING Comparison of number of high school graduates who had taken the ACT and SAT annually over the past 30 years. Note: Schools with website “Hot Links” have paid a modest fee for this service. Linking does not imply endorsement. If your institution would like to participate in this “Hot Link” program, please contact FairTest at (617) 477 JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
FAIRTEST REACTS TO THE 2009 SAT SCORE RELEASE FairTest Reacts to the 2009 SAT Score Release. Submitted by fairtest on August 25, 2009 - 10:44am. news. SAT. university. whats new. for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773. for use with annual SAT scores release – 11:00am, Tuesday, August 25, 2009. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. FAIRTEST | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING Comparison of number of high school graduates who had taken the ACT and SAT annually over the past 30 years. Note: Schools with website “Hot Links” have paid a modest fee for this service. Linking does not imply endorsement. If your institution would like to participate in this “Hot Link” program, please contact FairTest at (617) 477 JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
FAIRTEST REACTS TO THE 2009 SAT SCORE RELEASE FairTest Reacts to the 2009 SAT Score Release. Submitted by fairtest on August 25, 2009 - 10:44am. news. SAT. university. whats new. for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773. for use with annual SAT scores release – 11:00am, Tuesday, August 25, 2009.SAT | FAIRTEST
for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile (239) 699-0468 . for immediate release Wednesday, September 18, 2019 FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS Federal Standards for Standardized Tests. Judging by the howls of anguish from conservative "op. ed." writers and the "crocodile tears" coming from some leaders of the college admissions community, one might think the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had proposed banning every standardized test which yielded group STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED Tests are called "high-stakes" when they used to make major decisions about a student, such as high school graduation or grade promotion. To be high stakes, a test has to be very important in the decision process or be able to override other information (for example, a student does not graduate if s/he does not pass the test regardless of how well s/he did in school). HOW TESTING FEEDS THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE How Testing Feeds the School-to-Prison Pipeline. (note: this fact sheet is available for download as a print-formatted PDF file) Zero tolerance discipline and high-stakes testing policies have similar philosophical underpinnings and similar destructive results. Both stem from a 1980s movement to impose more punitive policies in bothcriminal
LAWSUIT CHALLENGES MCAS GRAD. RULE Rule. Legal advocates have filed a federal court lawsuit on behalf of high school students seeking to stop the use of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exams as a sole graduation hurdle. Plaintiffs seek to replace the MCAS tests with a valid assessment system containing multiple measures as called for in theMassachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS STATEMENT AGAINST HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED Massachusetts Statement against High-Stakes Standardized Testing. There has been a ground swell of opposition to the overuse and misuse of standardized testing across the United States. This includes statements from more than 670 Texas school boards, nearly one-third of all New York State principals, and hundreds of organizations andthousands
THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. FAIRTEST | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING Comparison of number of high school graduates who had taken the ACT and SAT annually over the past 30 years. Note: Schools with website “Hot Links” have paid a modest fee for this service. Linking does not imply endorsement. If your institution would like to participate in this “Hot Link” program, please contact FairTest at (617) 477 JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
FAIRTEST REACTS TO THE 2009 SAT SCORE RELEASE FairTest Reacts to the 2009 SAT Score Release. Submitted by fairtest on August 25, 2009 - 10:44am. news. SAT. university. whats new. for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773. for use with annual SAT scores release – 11:00am, Tuesday, August 25, 2009. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING The National Center for Fair & Open Testing. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial. Learn more about us and our mission. FAIRTEST | THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR AND OPEN TESTING Comparison of number of high school graduates who had taken the ACT and SAT annually over the past 30 years. Note: Schools with website “Hot Links” have paid a modest fee for this service. Linking does not imply endorsement. If your institution would like to participate in this “Hot Link” program, please contact FairTest at (617) 477 JUST SAY NO TO STANDARDIZED TESTS: WHY AND HOW TO OPT OUT Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out (Updated February 2021) The Biden Administration's decision to require the administration of federally mandated standardized exams this year contradicts the judgement of parents, educators, and community leaders. At least 10 states had already prepared test waiver requests,both major
~ 67 CAMPUSES WITH TEST-BLIND “TEST-FREE, OR “SCORE ~ 67 Campuses with “Test-Blind,” “Test-Free,” or “Score-Free” Admissions Policies for Fall 2022 (or beyond) Institutions that will not consider ACT/SAT scores, even if STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
SAT, ACT BIAS PERSIST In the 1995 high school graduating class, 88.5% as many students took the ACT as the SAT. This compares with an 84.9% ratio last year, and just 78.6% as recently as 1989. Over the past six years, the number of seniors who have taken the ACT has grown by 90,000, while high school graduates with SAT scores have declined by more than 20,000. Fifty RACISM, EUGENICS AND TESTING -- AGAIN Eugenics presents itself as a science which seeks to improve genetics by preventing people with "inferior" genes (as evidenced, for example, by their IQ test scores) from having children. Historically, it has claimed that Europeans, particularly those from northwestern Europe, are genetically superior intellectually, physically and morally. NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
TESTING CRAZINESS IN MEXICO By Hugo Aboites. Testing mania is sweeping Mexico as the government keeps imposing more tests as a condition for advancement in public secondary and higher education. However, these government initiatives have met strong resistance ( Examiner, Fall 1996 ). As a result of recent changes, a youngster who is completing lower secondaryeducation
FAIRTEST REACTS TO THE 2009 SAT SCORE RELEASE FairTest Reacts to the 2009 SAT Score Release. Submitted by fairtest on August 25, 2009 - 10:44am. news. SAT. university. whats new. for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773. for use with annual SAT scores release – 11:00am, Tuesday, August 25, 2009.SAT | FAIRTEST
for further information, contact: Bob Schaeffer(239) 395-6773 . mobile (239) 699-0468 . for immediate release Wednesday, September 18, 2019 FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS Federal Standards for Standardized Tests. Judging by the howls of anguish from conservative "op. ed." writers and the "crocodile tears" coming from some leaders of the college admissions community, one might think the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had proposed banning every standardized test which yielded group STUDY: TESTS DON’T IMPROVE LEARNING Study: Tests Don’t Improve Learning. Status: Archived. Subject: K-12 Testing. Powerful new evidence confirms FairTest’s long-standing claim that high-stakes standardized testing undermines rather than improves student learning and school quality. Calling high-stakes testing “a failed policy” with discriminatory impacts, ArizonaState
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SOLS Members of the Media: Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 477-9792. Social Media: Visit FairTest on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter NEW MASS. TEACHERS' TEST FAILS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS New Mass. Teachers' Test Fails Professional Standards. The headlines echoed across the nation: "59 Percent of Teacher Hopefuls Flunk Mass Competency Test." Pundits and policy-makers piled on, labeling prospective classroom leaders "idiots" and calling for "abolition" of schools of education. But a close look at the exam that produced thehigh
POSITION PAPER ON ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING Assessment for Learning is the process of identifying aspects of learning as it is developing, using whatever informal and formal processes best help that identification, primarily so that learning itself can be enhanced. This focuses directly on the learner’s developing capabilities, while these are in the process of beingdeveloped.
THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED Tests are called "high-stakes" when they used to make major decisions about a student, such as high school graduation or grade promotion. To be high stakes, a test has to be very important in the decision process or be able to override other information (for example, a student does not graduate if s/he does not pass the test regardless of how well s/he did in school). HOW TESTING FEEDS THE SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE How Testing Feeds the School-to-Prison Pipeline. (note: this fact sheet is available for download as a print-formatted PDF file) Zero tolerance discipline and high-stakes testing policies have similar philosophical underpinnings and similar destructive results. Both stem from a 1980s movement to impose more punitive policies in bothcriminal
LAWSUIT CHALLENGES MCAS GRAD. RULE Rule. Legal advocates have filed a federal court lawsuit on behalf of high school students seeking to stop the use of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exams as a sole graduation hurdle. Plaintiffs seek to replace the MCAS tests with a valid assessment system containing multiple measures as called for in theMassachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS STATEMENT AGAINST HIGH-STAKES STANDARDIZED Massachusetts Statement against High-Stakes Standardized Testing. There has been a ground swell of opposition to the overuse and misuse of standardized testing across the United States. This includes statements from more than 670 Texas school boards, nearly one-third of all New York State principals, and hundreds of organizations andthousands
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DEB MEIER ON WINNING TESTING REFORM VICTORIESDear friend:
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FAIRTEST NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT TODAY , so our movement can win more victories this fall. _THE PAST YEAR WAS THE BEST EVER_ for campaigns to replace standardized exam misuse and overuse with better forms of assessment. • 41 additional colleges and universities adopted test-optional admissions • Three more states dropped discriminatory exit exams • Several others eliminated harmful, test-driven schoolgrading schemes.
As always, FAIRTEST HAS BEEN THE NATIONAL LEADER pressing colleges to drop test score hurdles, testifying before state legislatures and backing up local activists with resources and media help. It is the only group with a laser-like focus on this key issue. Unfortunately, all this great work has taken a toll on the organization’s finances. _I JUST MADE A MAJOR DONATION TO FORTIFY FAIRTEST AND URGE YOU TO DOTHE SAME. _
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“Promotion of ‘adversity scores’ is the latest attempt by the College Board to defend the SAT against increasingly well-documented critiques of the negative consequences of relying on admissions test results,”according to Robert Schaeffer, Public Education Director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).Read more...
JUNE 2019: GLOBAL SAT SUBJECT TEST SECURITY BREACH; SCORES COMPROMISED Last weekend’s SAT Biology Subject Test was in circulation more than half a day before the test’s administration, according to a watchdog group that received an advance copy. In addition, exam questions and answers were posted on the website Reddit.com hours before U.S.testing started.
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UPDATED FAIRTEST FACTSHEET: STATES THAT RECENTLY ELIMINATED OR SCALED BACK HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAMS The number of states requiring high school graduation exams in language arts and math has declined rapidly over the past few years. _ONLY ELEVEN STATES HAVE GRADUATION TESTS IN PLACE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020, DOWN FROM A HIGH OF 27 THAT HAD OR PLANNED SUCH TESTS._ The current number is the lowest level since at least the mid-1990s. See our updated fact sheet: Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit ExamsRead more...
FAIRTEST REACTS TO THE 2019 COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL _“This is both the worst case of corruption in the college admissions process ever seen in the U.S., and just a natural extension of the kinds of manipulation that people with money have done to get their kids into selective colleges.” “The whole system ispay-to-play.” _
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“BEYOND THE GRE” CAMPAIGN AND “GREXIT” WEB LIST SEEK TO DOWNPLAY TESTS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL ADMISSIONS Scores from the Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) are not good predictors of success in many graduate school programs, according to leaders of an effort to reduce reliance on test results launchedtoday.
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