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Testing Resistance & Reform News: April 18 - 21, 2015 | FairTest

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Testing Resistance & Reform News: April 18 - 21, 2015

Submitted by fairtest on April 21, 2015 - 1:15pm 

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This week's update is being sent from the Education Writers Association National Seminar where hundreds of reporters, editors and columnists are talking about the opt-out movement and other forms of testing resistance as well as proposals for real assessment reform at the local, state and national levels.
Opt-Out Movement Accelerates Nationally Amid Common Core Testing

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/opt-movement-accelerates-amid-c...

Parents All Over U.S. Opting Out of Standardized Exams

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/living/parents-movement-opt-out-of-testing...
U.S. Senate Fresh Battle Looms When Full Membership Takes Up "No Child" Rewrite

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/04/22/fresh-battles-loom-when-ful...
Arkansas New School Grades Offer Confusing Snapshot of Educational Quality

http://swtimes.com/news/new-school-grading-system-offers-fuzzy-snapshot-...
California Corporate Titans Fight Over State Testing Contract

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/04/22/testing-titans-pearson-ets-...
Florida Statewide Computer Testing System Collapses Again

http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/fsa-server-issue-leaves-students-...

Florida's Quiet Assessment Reform Victory

http://contextflorida.com/julie-delegal-silent-victory-for-floridas-educ...
Georgia Parents Say "No" to State Milestones Test

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/109197/

Atlanta Cheating Scandal Revealed Standardized Test Misuse is the Real "Crime"

http://thegrio.com/2015/04/17/atlanta-cheating-scandal-standardized-test...
Illinois Teachers Association Endorses Parental Opt Out

http://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-iea-adopted...
Indiana Students Vexed by Glitches in Online Practice Tests

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-istep-pra...
Massachusetts Testing Mania Has Kept Us From Teaching the Whole Child

http://www.masslive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/04/testing_mania_has_kept...
Minnesota Testing: Where Political Theater Meets Commercial Reality

http://www.minnpost.com/learning-curve/2015/04/student-testing-where-pol...
Nevada Common Core Test Crashes Again on First Day Back

http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2015/apr/21/nevada-common-core-test-crashe...
New Jersey PARCC Testing Takes Toll on Daily Learning

http://www.nj.com/education/2015/04/parcc_testing_takes_toll_on_daily_le...
New York Revolt Over Standardized Testing Continues

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/opinion/the-revolt-over-standardized-t...

Burgeoning Opt-Out Movement Builds Pressure to Change Standardized Testing

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/burgeoning-opt-out-movement-builds-pr...

New York Opt-Outs Top 184,000 --- Track the Movement Here

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/t2_8Bg3h8mqx6Ax8rwGG5Mw/htmlview?...
Oklahoma Demoralizing Test Score Concerns Addressed by State Education Dept.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/education/demoralizing-test-score-concern...
Oregon Needs Students with Know-How, Not Higher Test Scores

http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/32984969-78/we-need-know-how-not-hig...
Pennsylvania Why I Opted My Child Out of the PSSA Exams

http://www.theintell.com/news/communities/doylestown/why-i-opted-out-of-...
South Carolina Too Much High-Stakes Testing

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150419/PC1002/150419299/1021/

South Carolina Parents Rally Against Exam Overkill

http://www.counton2.com/story/28852351/parents-rally-in-columbia-against...
Texas Parents Joining Movement to Opt Out of Standardized Exams

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article18761976.html

Texas School Board Calls for End to High-Stakes Testing Mandates, Locally Controlled Assessments

http://www.aisd.net/FrntNews_single.aspx?Article_ID=1853
Washington State Parents Opting Kids Out of Standardized Tests

http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/28835061/parents-opting-students-out-of...

Common Core Testing Meltdown in Seattle

http://iamaneducator.com/2015/04/18/common-core-testing-meltdown-in-seat...
West Virginia Student Testing Opt-Out Movement Provokes Legal Debate

http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20150419/DM01/150419223/1276
Wisconsin Badger Exam Mired in Political Controversy

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/pat_schneider/badger-exam-...

Nearly 5% of Madison Students Opt Out of New Common Core Test



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