University Admissions ACT/SAT-Optional: The Future Is Now!Įmployment Testing Social Workers Protest Against Biased Licensing Exam International Canada’s Manitoba Province Pulls Plug on Grade 12 Exit Exam Virginia Critics Say Test Scores Are Being Used to Politicize Education Pennsylvania Philadelphia Reinstates Minimum Test Score Requirement for Magnet School Admissions New Hampshire Plan to Use Federal Tuition Aid for College Admissions Test Prep Tutoring Massachusetts Raising High School Grad Test Score Requirement Rule Comes at Terrible Moment Louisiana State Board Seeks to Manipulate School Grading Formula Of course, assessment reformers are fighting back - often with notable successes - but it is clearly “game on” for the 2022 mid-term elections!ĪlabamaState Considers Updating High SchoolGraduation RequirementĬalifornia Educators Say State Tests Don’t Measure Student SuccessĬalifornia What It Really Takes to Get All Students Reading at “Grade Level”įlorida New State Mandated “Performance Monitoring” Tests Will Be Administered During Initial Weeks of School Candidates who want to show they are “tough” on teachers and oppose equity initiatives are now pushing for even harsher test-and-punish schemes. In the current climate of ultra-politicized debates, however, standardized testing has become a tool of cultural warfare. As part of the transition,įairTest’s administrative offices will be moving to New York City this fall.Īssessment policies have long been heavily influenced by ideologues from across the political spectrum - the support of “No Child Left Behind” by groups like the so-called Democrats for Education Reform and Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Educational Excellence is just one example. Standardized exams to make high-stakes educational decisions.
Supports development and implementation of superior forms of educational assessment.”įounded in 1985, FairTest leads campaigns for assessment reforms, such as test-optionalĬollege admissions, and promotes performance assessments. FairTest will continue to fight against those barriers at the same time it They pose barriers to equity, opportunity and excellence for our citizenryĪnd workforce.
The new FairTest Executive Director added, “Standardized tests continue to be misused at all Of course, FairTest will continue publishing theĭefinitive lists of ACT/SAT-optional and test-blind/score-free colleges and universities.” That includes developing model reform policies, supporting practitioner efforts, and moreĪctively engaging in the public debate.
Tests with performance-based assessment and multiple measures of student achievement. Picking up on the momentum of the test-optional movement inĬollege admissions, we will increase our emphasis on promoting educational equity andĪcademic quality by replacing biased, reductionist, and systemically corrosive standardized Popular website,, to make it even more useful for educators, parents, students, Reform leader Ilana Spiegel, who is also a member of the Colorado Board of Regents.įeder explained his plans for FairTest, “We will begin by completing the overhaul of our Other continuing FairTest staff include admissions testing expert Akil Bello and assessment Schaeffer will resume his prior position as the organization’s Public Education Director. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and New York University Law School.įeder replaces Bob Schaeffer, who served as FairTest’s Executive Director for the past three National perspective on examples and systems of education not based on standardized tests. In his role as Board Chair of the Coalition of Essential Schools he gained a He was a Visiting Scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University researching the interplayīetween high schools and citizenship and an Adjunct Professor of Social Studies Teaching atīrooklyn College. Of the New York State Performance Assessment Consortium for which he also did legal work. Feder previously taught history at the Beacon School in New York City, a member Harry Feder, a public-school teacher and attorney who is an expert in performanceĪssessment, is the new Executive Director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing LONGTIME PUBLIC SCHOOLEDUCATOR AND ATTORNEY IS PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT EXPERT AKIL BELLO, ILANA SPIEGEL & BOB SCHAEFFER CONTINUE AS STAFF
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