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The U.S. Senate has joined the House of Representatives in responding to
growing, grassroots pressure by voting to overhaul "No Child Left Behind" (
NCLB). The bills passed by both the Senate and House reflect widespread
rejection of failed top-down, test-and-punish strategies as well as the "
NCLB on steroids" waiver regime dictated by Arne Duncan. While neither
version is close to perfect from an assessment reform perspective, each
makes significant progress by rolling back federally mandated high-stakes,
eliminating requirements to evaluate educators based on student test scores,
and recognizing opt-out rights. FairTest and its allies will closely
monitor the conference committee working on compromise language to make sure
the gains remain in the final bill sent to President Obama -- the
alternative is to keep the yoke of NCLB-and-waivers in place for at least
two more years, if not much longer. Meanwhile, organizers in many states are
keeping the spotlight on the problems of test overuse and misuse, modeling
better practices and winning additional policy victories.
Remember that back issues of these weekly updates are archived at: http://fairtest.org/news/other
National End High-Stakes Testing to Help Fix Public Education: Key Civil
Rights Leader
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/education/247770-fix-pub
National U.S. Senate Rejects Proposal to Give Federal Government More Say in
Identifying "Failing" Schools
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/senate-rejects-ef
National Both House and Senate NCLB Overhaul Bills Allow for Penalty-Free
Test Opt Out
https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/both-house-and-senate-esea-bills-
allow-for-opt-out-without-penalty/
National "Race to the Top:" Lofty Promises and Top-Down Regulation Brought
Few Good Changes to America's Schools
http://educationnext.org/lofty-promises-little-change-americas-
California Exit Exam on Way Out
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_ee092084-2cfa-11e5-98d
Colorado Two Small Districts Set Opt Out Records
http://co.chalkbeat.org/2015/07/20/two-small-districts-set-the-
Connecticut Opposition Coalesces Against Smarter Balanced Tests
http://www.newmilfordspectrum.com/news/article/Opposition-coele
Delaware Governor Vetoes Opt-Out Bill; State PTA Pushed for Override Vote
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2015/07/16/m
Georgia More than 10,000 Young People Who Did Not Pass Grad. Test Recently
Received Diplomas
http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2015-07-17/story/georgia-h
Hawaii Teachers Fight Evaluations Based on Student Test Scores
http://www.civilbeat.com/2015/07/she-fought-hawaiis-new-way-of-
Illinois Why Common Core Tests Are Harmful to Students
http://dianeravitch.net/2015/07/20/gerri-k-songer-explains-why-
Iowa Third-Grade Promotion Test Pushes Reading Down Into Kindergarten
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2015/04/2
Louisiana Fight to Make Charter School Disclose What Test It Uses for
Kindergarten Entry
http://hechingerreport.org/when-a-top-nola-charter-wont-reveal-
Minnesota Test Cuts Came After Thorough Debate
http://www.startribune.com/editorial-counterpoint-school-testin
Missouri Exam Scores Don't Tell Full Story of Teacher Preparedness
http://www.examiner.net/article/20150715/OPINION/150719341/-1/s
Ohio Time Allocated to New State Tests Cut in Half
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/ohios_common_c
Nevada After Testing System Breakdown, State to Hire New Assessment Vendor
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2015/07/after_test
New Hampshire Schools Can Replace Smarter Balanced Tests with ACT or SAT
http://nhpr.org/post/nh-schools-can-replace-smarter-balanced-te
New Jersey Be Wary of New State Teacher Ratings
http://www.app.com/story/opinion/2015/07/17/teacher-ratings/303
New Mexico Court Rejects Suit Seeking to Strip Pearson's Common Core Testing
Contract
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2015/07/court_han
New York High School Models Authentic Assessment
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/07/17/nyc-high-school-st
New York Opt Out Movement Plans to Ratchet Up Actions Against Standardized
Exam Overkill
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/238624/opt-outers-w
New York Pending NCLB Overhaul Offers Hope to Reduce State's Testing
Obsession
http://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/2015/07/17/hope-reduce-testi
North Carolina State's Largest District Cuts Back Local Test Mandates
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article2786531
North Carolina Cautions About Test-Score-Based Teacher Pay
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-ne
Oregon Students Can Meet Graduation Requirement with Work Samples in Their
Home Language
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/07/oregon_st
Pennsylvania Questions Mount About Using Volatile Test Results to Evaluate
Teachers and Schools
http://thenotebook.org/blog/158810/educators-pennsylvania-pssa-
Pennsylvania Teachers to School Board: Standardized Testing is Harming
Students
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/cocalico-teachers-to-scho
Rhode Island What Tests Like PARCC Do Not Measure
http://www.golocalprov.com/news/guest-mindsetter-joel-hellmann-
Tennessee Teachers School Governor on Testing and Evaluations
http://tn.chalkbeat.org/2015/07/16/tennessee-teachers-school-ha
Tennessee Local School Board to Take Up Opt Out Resolution
http://springhillhomepage.com/wcs-board-delays-talks-on-over-te
Texas New Test Leading Fewer to Get GEDs
https://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/14/education-advocates-say-new-computer
-based-ged-too/
Washington State Testing Revolt Pushes State Into Uncharted Waters
http://wutc.org/post/testing-revolt-washington-state-brings-fed
Washington Over-Testing is a Flawed Strategy
http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/familyandeducation/is-there-too-
"How Many Tests Can a Child Withstand?" -- with apologies to Bob Dylan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/07/14/
The Beatings in Education Will Continue Until Morale Improves
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-nelson/the-beatings-will-co
growing, grassroots pressure by voting to overhaul "No Child Left Behind" (
NCLB). The bills passed by both the Senate and House reflect widespread
rejection of failed top-down, test-and-punish strategies as well as the "
NCLB on steroids" waiver regime dictated by Arne Duncan. While neither
version is close to perfect from an assessment reform perspective, each
makes significant progress by rolling back federally mandated high-stakes,
eliminating requirements to evaluate educators based on student test scores,
and recognizing opt-out rights. FairTest and its allies will closely
monitor the conference committee working on compromise language to make sure
the gains remain in the final bill sent to President Obama -- the
alternative is to keep the yoke of NCLB-and-waivers in place for at least
two more years, if not much longer. Meanwhile, organizers in many states are
keeping the spotlight on the problems of test overuse and misuse, modeling
better practices and winning additional policy victories.
Remember that back issues of these weekly updates are archived at: http://fairtest.org/news/other
National End High-Stakes Testing to Help Fix Public Education: Key Civil
Rights Leader
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/education/247770-fix-pub
National U.S. Senate Rejects Proposal to Give Federal Government More Say in
Identifying "Failing" Schools
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/senate-rejects-ef
National Both House and Senate NCLB Overhaul Bills Allow for Penalty-Free
Test Opt Out
https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2015/07/17/both-house-and-senate-esea-bills-
allow-for-opt-out-without-penalty/
National "Race to the Top:" Lofty Promises and Top-Down Regulation Brought
Few Good Changes to America's Schools
http://educationnext.org/lofty-promises-little-change-americas-
California Exit Exam on Way Out
http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_ee092084-2cfa-11e5-98d
Colorado Two Small Districts Set Opt Out Records
http://co.chalkbeat.org/2015/07/20/two-small-districts-set-the-
Connecticut Opposition Coalesces Against Smarter Balanced Tests
http://www.newmilfordspectrum.com/news/article/Opposition-coele
Delaware Governor Vetoes Opt-Out Bill; State PTA Pushed for Override Vote
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2015/07/16/m
Georgia More than 10,000 Young People Who Did Not Pass Grad. Test Recently
Received Diplomas
http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2015-07-17/story/georgia-h
Hawaii Teachers Fight Evaluations Based on Student Test Scores
http://www.civilbeat.com/2015/07/she-fought-hawaiis-new-way-of-
Illinois Why Common Core Tests Are Harmful to Students
http://dianeravitch.net/2015/07/20/gerri-k-songer-explains-why-
Iowa Third-Grade Promotion Test Pushes Reading Down Into Kindergarten
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2015/04/2
Louisiana Fight to Make Charter School Disclose What Test It Uses for
Kindergarten Entry
http://hechingerreport.org/when-a-top-nola-charter-wont-reveal-
Minnesota Test Cuts Came After Thorough Debate
http://www.startribune.com/editorial-counterpoint-school-testin
Missouri Exam Scores Don't Tell Full Story of Teacher Preparedness
http://www.examiner.net/article/20150715/OPINION/150719341/-1/s
Ohio Time Allocated to New State Tests Cut in Half
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/07/ohios_common_c
Nevada After Testing System Breakdown, State to Hire New Assessment Vendor
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2015/07/after_test
New Hampshire Schools Can Replace Smarter Balanced Tests with ACT or SAT
http://nhpr.org/post/nh-schools-can-replace-smarter-balanced-te
New Jersey Be Wary of New State Teacher Ratings
http://www.app.com/story/opinion/2015/07/17/teacher-ratings/303
New Mexico Court Rejects Suit Seeking to Strip Pearson's Common Core Testing
Contract
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2015/07/court_han
New York High School Models Authentic Assessment
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/07/17/nyc-high-school-st
New York Opt Out Movement Plans to Ratchet Up Actions Against Standardized
Exam Overkill
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/238624/opt-outers-w
New York Pending NCLB Overhaul Offers Hope to Reduce State's Testing
Obsession
http://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/2015/07/17/hope-reduce-testi
North Carolina State's Largest District Cuts Back Local Test Mandates
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article2786531
North Carolina Cautions About Test-Score-Based Teacher Pay
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-ne
Oregon Students Can Meet Graduation Requirement with Work Samples in Their
Home Language
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/07/oregon_st
Pennsylvania Questions Mount About Using Volatile Test Results to Evaluate
Teachers and Schools
http://thenotebook.org/blog/158810/educators-pennsylvania-pssa-
Pennsylvania Teachers to School Board: Standardized Testing is Harming
Students
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/cocalico-teachers-to-scho
Rhode Island What Tests Like PARCC Do Not Measure
http://www.golocalprov.com/news/guest-mindsetter-joel-hellmann-
Tennessee Teachers School Governor on Testing and Evaluations
http://tn.chalkbeat.org/2015/07/16/tennessee-teachers-school-ha
Tennessee Local School Board to Take Up Opt Out Resolution
http://springhillhomepage.com/wcs-board-delays-talks-on-over-te
Texas New Test Leading Fewer to Get GEDs
https://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/14/education-advocates-say-new-computer
-based-ged-too/
Washington State Testing Revolt Pushes State Into Uncharted Waters
http://wutc.org/post/testing-revolt-washington-state-brings-fed
Washington Over-Testing is a Flawed Strategy
http://www.dailyrecordnews.com/familyandeducation/is-there-too-
"How Many Tests Can a Child Withstand?" -- with apologies to Bob Dylan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2015/07/14/
The Beatings in Education Will Continue Until Morale Improves
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-nelson/the-beatings-will-co
