The 2013-2014 school year may be winding down but Testing Resistance & Reform Spring actions activity continues to accelerate. Remember that back issues of these weekly news summaries are archived at http://fairtest.org/news
Local Delaware School Board Pursues Opt-Out Policy
Florida Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers Question Standardized Testing Plan
Graduation Test Trips Up Most Florida English Language Learners
Teaching and Learning Corrupted by Georgia End of Course Tests
Kansas Investigates Test Score Validity After Computer Administration Problems
"Test Score Gate" in Louisiana
One-Shot Tests Fail Maine Students
Massachusetts School Rankings Beget Fuzzy Math
Minnesota Parents Resist Test Misuse and Overuse
Missouri Uses Flawed Test Data to Punish Poor, Minority Students
Local New Jersey School Board Joins National Testing Protest
Some New Mexico Teachers Burn Their Test-Based Evaluations
Many New York State School Districts Boycott Pearson Field Tests
New Yorkers Rally Against Test-Driven Privatization
North Carolina Warns Schools About Problems With Online Tests
Families Launch North Carolina Opt-Out Movement
Oklahoma Legislators Override Governor's Veto to Allow Alternatives to Third Grade Promotion Test
Limits on Testing Will Save Pennsylvania Schools Millions
Providence School Board Supports Waivers to Rhode Island Grad-Test Requirement
Unlikely Tennessee Allies Unite to Fight Test-Driven School Changes
Texas Superintendents Push Back Against Test-Driven Education
Time to Dump Texas' Testing System and Find a Better Way to Assess
Roanoke, Virginia Parents Rally Against State-Mandated Exams
New Documentary Chronicles Teacher Boycott of Washington State Tests

Require Parents to "Opt In" Before Their Children Can Be Tested
Way Past Time to Overhaul NCLB, "One of the Most Poorly Constructed Laws of Its Time"
Let's Stop Measuring Fish By How Well They Climb Trees
Test-Based Grade Retention Does Not Help Kids
Common Core Testing Landscape Fragments
Portfolios Are Next Wave of Student Assessment
Lawyers Run the Legal Profession, Doctors Run Medicine, Why Don't Teachers Run Education?
The Lighter Side of Teacher Evaluation

Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director
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