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Testing Resistance & Reform News: June 27 - July 3, 2013 | FairTest

Testing Resistance & Reform News: June 27 - July 3, 2013 | FairTest:

Testing Resistance & Reform News: June 27 - July 3, 2013

 
The pushback against high-stakes testing continues to accelerate with more parents, teachers, students, administrators, and educational policy makers recognizing that the current approach has failed and an increased focus on the looming danger from Common Core assessments.
Editorial: New Florida School Grading Standards Are a Set-up for Failure
    http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/06/30/3475969/new-standards-dont-make-the-grade.html
Students, Parents and Teachers Consider Appealing Delayed NYC Test Scores
    http://gothamschools.org/2013/06/26/with-regents-exam-scores-coming-in-attention-turns-to-appeals/
NY State Senator: Instill Lifelong Learning, Not Test-Taking in Students
    http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130621/OPINION/130629723/1074
Oklahoma Teachers Ask State to Invalidate All 2013 Test Scores
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/oklahoma-standardized-tests_n_3504730.html
How Pizza Helped Garfield High Teachers Resist Standardized Testing Overkill
    http://crosscut.com/2013/07/02/education/115232/arnold-garfield-high-teacherss-inspiration-strikin/
Students Who Take Tougher Grad Tests Are More Likely to End Up in Jail
    http://www.businessinsider.com/jail-more-likely-for-students-who-take-hard-finals-2013-7
The Common Core Testing Nightmare That Awaits Us
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-turner/the-common-core-nightmare_b_3521825.html
Will Common Core Assessment Focus Derail College and Career Readiness
    http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2013/06/25/fp_barnwell_career.html
Oklahoma Pulls Out of Common Core Testing Consortium: Cites Volume of New Assessments
    http://www.tulsaworld.com/article.aspx/State_pulling_out_of_standardized_testing_through_consortium/20130701_19_0_StateS605337?subj=1
Common Core Assessment Consortium to Delay Some New Tests By a Year
    http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/06/testing_group_delays_some_components_for_one_year.html
 
See FairTest Common Core Assessment Fact Sheet
    http://www.fairtest.org/common-core-assessments-more-tests-not-much-better
Connection Between Test Scores and College Performance is Tenuous
    http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130630/OPINION/130639986
 
See FairTest's List of More than 800 ACT/SAT Optional Schools
    http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional
The Perils of Standardized Testing: Six Ways it Harms Learning
   http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/the-perils-of-standardized-testing/
Test-Driven System Stifles Creativity Says Survey of U.S. Parents and Teachers
    https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-06-24-education-system-stifles-creativity-say-teachers-parents
Defining Students, Teachers and Schools By a Number Does Not Improve Learning
     http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2013/06/i_was_once_defined_by_a_number.html
The Revolution Will Not Be Standardized
    https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/07/01-6
Finland's Education Ambassador Spreads the Word About a Better Alternative
     http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/jul/01/education-michael-gove-finland-gcs