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Excellent research by OiYan Poon for the NAACP LDF. Emphasizing standardized test scores in college admissions leaves talent on the table. Tests underpredict the potential of many students of color and artificially depress the scores of some examinees. #CollegeAdmissions
https://ow.ly/LjWv50XMzVJ
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How to Make College Admissions Fairer: Research Brief
Black students and other students of color face barriers to college enrollment like unfair admissions policies. When colleges and universities treat students as whole people, rather than just test scores, they can ensure that talented young people have equal access to opportunity.
https://ow.ly/LjWv50XMzVJ
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How much data is too much? Are we measuring the right things? Testing data is only as useful as teachers' capacity to use it. An educator's perspective on the impact of data on curriculum, time allocation and student learning. Excellent piece. #DataInEducation
https://ow.ly/Xh0T50XMzv0
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Rethinking What We Choose to Measure in Schools - EdSurge News
In the push for accountability, this educator grapples with information overload and diminishing classroom time.
https://ow.ly/Xh0T50XMzv0
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Excellent research by OiYan Poon for the NAACP LDF. Emphasizing standardized test scores in college admissions leaves talent on the table. Tests underpredict the potential of many students of color and artificially depress the scores of some examinees. #CollegeAdmissions
https://ow.ly/LFgG50XMzVK
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How to Make College Admissions Fairer: Research Brief
Black students and other students of color face barriers to college enrollment like unfair admissions policies. When colleges and universities treat students as whole people, rather than just test scores, they can ensure that talented young people have equal access to opportunity.
https://ow.ly/LFgG50XMzVK
8 days ago
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How much data is too much? Are we measuring the right things? Testing data is only as useful as teachers' capacity to use it. An educator's perspective on the impact of data on curriculum, time allocation and student learning. Excellent piece. #DataInEducation
https://ow.ly/Xh0T50XMzv0
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Rethinking What We Choose to Measure in Schools - EdSurge News
In the push for accountability, this educator grapples with information overload and diminishing classroom time.
https://ow.ly/Xh0T50XMzv0
10 days ago
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A look at why states have been abandoning exit exams and rethinking graduation requirements to meet a complex world. The discussion of what should replace MCAS in MA figures prominently. Fairtest weighs in. #GraduationRequirements #MCAS #ExitExams #FairTest
https://ow.ly/LxOV50XLwqa
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More High Schools Look Beyond Exit Exams
As high schools rethink graduation requirements, a growing number are moving away from requiring all students to pass a comprehensive test.
https://ow.ly/LxOV50XLwqa
11 days ago
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A look at why states have been abandoning exit exams and rethinking graduation requirements to meet a complex world. The discussion of what should replace MCAS in MA figures prominently. Fairtest weighs in. #GraduationRequirements #MCAS #ExitExams #FairTest
https://ow.ly/LxOV50XLwqa
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More High Schools Look Beyond Exit Exams
As high schools rethink graduation requirements, a growing number are moving away from requiring all students to pass a comprehensive test.
https://ow.ly/LxOV50XLwqa
12 days ago
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Thanks to Matt Barnum for elevating research explaining the important social mobility function of high level public universities amid hysteria of UCSD story. Generic admissions tests are not the solution to a K-12 resources problem. #UCSD#math#admisssions
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What the internet backlash over remedial math at UC San Diego misses
Limiting students’ access to college because they are deemed underprepared does not seem to do them any favors.
https://ow.ly/x2Xx50XGnip
18 days ago
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Thanks to Matt Barnum for elevating research explaining the important social mobility function of high level public universities amid hysteria of UCSD story. Generic admissions tests are not the solution to a K-12 resources problem. #UCSD#math#admisssions
https://ow.ly/x2Xx50XGnip
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What the internet backlash over remedial math at UC San Diego misses
Limiting students’ access to college because they are deemed underprepared does not seem to do them any favors.
https://ow.ly/x2Xx50XGnip
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Well, well, well. The Mississippi Miracle not so much. 3rd grade gate took lowest 10% of readers out of the NAEP pool inflating numbers. And the "race gap" got no better. 8th grade NAEP stagnant. Journalists need some more stats training. #NAEP
https://ow.ly/Stc950XAJSe
https://ow.ly/96Ub50XAJSg
25 days ago
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Please circulate this. Newer data that suggests that SATs "may suit Ivies", when subject to omitted variables like family income and race, is a poorer predictor than HS grades. And colleges with public purpose certainly shouldn't require them. #CollegeAdmissions #SATDebate
https://ow.ly/pJiQ50XwV3n
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Why the SAT Is a Poor Fit for Public Universities (opinion)
The SAT may suit the Ivies, but it undermines the mission of America’s public institutions.
https://ow.ly/pJiQ50XwV3n
28 days ago
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Well, well, well. The Mississippi Miracle not so much. 3rd grade gate took lowest 10% of readers out of the NAEP pool inflating numbers. And the "race gap" got no better. 8th grade NAEP stagnant. Journalists need some more stats training. #NAEP
https://ow.ly/Stc950XAJSe
https://ow.ly/96Ub50XAJSg
28 days ago
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Please circulate this. Newer data that suggests that SATs "may suit Ivies", when subject to omitted variables like family income and race, is a poorer predictor than HS grades. And colleges with public purpose certainly shouldn't require them. #CollegeAdmissions #SATDebate
https://ow.ly/pJiQ50XwV3n
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Why the SAT Is a Poor Fit for Public Universities (opinion)
The SAT may suit the Ivies, but it undermines the mission of America’s public institutions.
https://ow.ly/pJiQ50XwV3n
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The consequences of 30+ years of test obsession and "data-driven" student metrics laid bare. Thank you NYT Magazine for affirming the FairTest mission. #TestingCulture #AssessmentReform
https://ow.ly/bGTY50XwXmp
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who would believe that preparation for college might require specifically not reading whole books
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The consequences of 30+ years of test obsession and "data-driven" student metrics laid bare. Thank you NYT Magazine for affirming the FairTest mission. #TestingCulture #AssessmentReform
https://ow.ly/bGTY50XwXmp
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America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
From A.D.H.D. to anxiety, disorders have risen as the expectations of childhood have changed.
https://ow.ly/bGTY50XwXmp
about 1 month ago
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Please circulate this. Newer data that suggests that SATs "may suit Ivies", when subject to omitted variables like family income and race, is a poorer predictor than HS grades. And colleges with public purpose certainly shouldn't require them. #CollegeAdmissions #SATDebate
https://ow.ly/pJiQ50XwV3n
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Why the SAT Is a Poor Fit for Public Universities (opinion)
The SAT may suit the Ivies, but it undermines the mission of America’s public institutions.
https://ow.ly/pJiQ50XwV3n
about 1 month ago
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We shouldn't allow the federal mission of supporting at-risk student populations be jeopardized. Farming key DOE functions to the Labor Department or HHS is not helpful in that regard. Make your voice heard.
https://ow.ly/Py3t50XtPHO
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Don’t Let the Trump Administration Dismantle the Department of Education | NEA
Gutting the department will destroy programs and protections that guarantee educational opportunities for all students—whether funding for schools or support for students with ADHD, autism, and more.
https://ow.ly/Py3t50XtPHO
about 1 month ago
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Massachusetts has a unique opportunity to create a system of assessments and graduation requirements that develops the skills and knowledge necessary for 21st century citizenship and economy. This FairTest/MTA paper shows the way. #graduation#MCAS #MassachusettsEducation
https://ow.ly/JrWH50Xq1Jn
about 2 months ago
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Massachusetts has a unique opportunity to create a system of assessments and graduation requirements that develops the skills and knowledge necessary for 21st century citizenship and economy. This FairTest/MTA paper shows the way. #graduation#MCAS #MassachusettsEducation
https://ow.ly/JrWH50Xq1Jn
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Company that helped create the SAT to lay off 757 California worker
www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...
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States & districts are moving towards defining the characteristics they want to see in graduates and modes of graduating in more practical ways. We've produced 2 reports analyzing this trend, looking at the Graduate Portraits and Multiple Pathways. Check 'em out.
https://ow.ly/uCRT50Xa67b
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The Changing Graduation Landscape: Portraits and Pathways - Fairtest
States and districts are increasingly moving towards defining the characteristics they want to see in high school graduates in ways that capture readiness for citizenship, employment and social relations in the modern world. The development of Portraits of a Graduate at the state and local level, including examples and challenges is discussed in our report,
https://ow.ly/uCRT50Xa67b
2 months ago
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We've updated our landscape of state graduation exams. Only 6 states maintain high state exit exams. There is a realization that high school needs to be about building real world knowledge and skills. And ELA exams don't make kids go out and read novels.
https://ow.ly/kHb450Xa5TF
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Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit Exams (Updated NOVEMBER 2023) - Fairtest
Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit Exams (Updated November 2023) The number of states requiring high school graduation exams in language arts and math has declined rapidly over the past few years. Only nine states have graduation tests in place for the high school class of 2024, down
https://ow.ly/kHb450Xa5TF
2 months ago
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States & districts are moving towards defining the characteristics they want to see in graduates and modes of graduating in more practical ways. We've produced 2 reports analyzing this trend, looking at the Graduate Portraits and Multiple Pathways. Check 'em out.
https://ow.ly/uCRT50Xa67b
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The Changing Graduation Landscape: Portraits and Pathways - Fairtest
States and districts are increasingly moving towards defining the characteristics they want to see in high school graduates in ways that capture readiness for citizenship, employment and social relations in the modern world. The development of Portraits of a Graduate at the state and local level, including examples and challenges is discussed in our report,
https://ow.ly/uCRT50Xa67b
2 months ago
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IHE puts Princeton decision in context: what's true for Ivies not true for all. Most schools remain test free/optional and know that test scores are not great indicators of academic prowess.
https://ow.ly/x1R550Xbjw4
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Princeton Will Require Standardized Test Scores Again
Only one Ivy League institution, Columbia University, still has a test-optional policy in place. Advocates for the policies note that the large majority of universities haven’t returned to requiring test scores.
https://ow.ly/x1R550Xbjw4
2 months ago
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Check out what's going on in rural Allen Co., KY! As documented by CIE and UKy, assessment and accountability designed inclusively and locally produces great results. This is the buy in communities and students crave--not top down compliance induced fear.
https://ow.ly/1eXs50Xa4Y0
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Better Together: Allen County Research | CIE
“I wish all of our legislators could see this work because I think it would change their mind about assessment… that it is not a test score that defines [our students], but it's the work like this…. I would want them to see this work and to understand that it's for all students. At all levels, all s…
https://ow.ly/1eXs50Xa4Y0
3 months ago
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We've updated our landscape of state graduation exams. Only 6 states maintain high state exit exams. There is a realization that high school needs to be about building real world knowledge and skills. And ELA exams don't make kids go out and read novels.
https://ow.ly/kHb450Xa5TF
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Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit Exams (Updated NOVEMBER 2023) - Fairtest
Graduation Test Update: States That Recently Eliminated or Scaled Back High School Exit Exams (Updated November 2023) The number of states requiring high school graduation exams in language arts and math has declined rapidly over the past few years. Only nine states have graduation tests in place for the high school class of 2024, down
https://ow.ly/kHb450Xa5TF
3 months ago
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Please read this important study by Saul Geiser of UC. HS grades better predict freshman college grades than SAT. When socioeconomics added as factor in Friedman Ivy study, conclusion that SAT is better is flipped. And tests do not help the poor and minority applicants.
https://ow.ly/Tgbw50Xbj2B
3 months ago
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FairTest on X: "This Week's Testing News! - https://t.co/MGtaUuXedb https://t.co/YJ7HCOD96C" / X
This Week's Testing News! - https://t.co/MGtaUuXedb https://t.co/YJ7HCOD96C
https://x.com/fairtestoffice/status/1978173925814083735?s=46&t=piHSf7QQwRoTuZm5mxb0yg
3 months ago
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There are better ways to improve meaningful outcomes in K-12 schooling than top-down, test-based accountability. Doubling down on NCLB's a bad idea. Local models grounded in community and supported by the state are the way. Check out our report (with CIE).
https://ow.ly/C26q50Xa5nb
3 months ago
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Check out what's going on in rural Allen Co., KY! As documented by CIE and UKy, assessment and accountability designed inclusively and locally produces great results. This is the buy in communities and students crave--not top down compliance induced fear.
https://ow.ly/1eXs50Xa4Y0
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Better Together: Allen County Research | CIE
“I wish all of our legislators could see this work because I think it would change their mind about assessment… that it is not a test score that defines [our students], but it's the work like this…. I would want them to see this work and to understand that it's for all students. At all levels, all s…
https://ow.ly/1eXs50Xa4Y0
3 months ago
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The self-teaching epidemic in Advanced Placement classes
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Known for its rigorous classes and competitive nature, Los Alamitos High School offers many Advanced Placement classes across a range of subjects, but specifically shines in its...
https://lahsgriffingazette.com/26548/academics/the-self-teaching-epidemic-in-advanced-placement-classes/
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FairTest on X: "This Week's Testing News! - https://t.co/1OfAG8yiXg https://t.co/pZJXFiyuMG" / X
This Week's Testing News! - https://t.co/1OfAG8yiXg https://t.co/pZJXFiyuMG
https://x.com/fairtestoffice/status/1975652280922779943?s=12
3 months ago
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Testing News for Sept.23-Sept.30! -
https://mailchi.mp/fairtest/fairtest-newsletter-for-the-week-of-june23-july1-2025-12750280
3 months ago
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Good analysis. For a putative populist he sure wants to stack the deck for the rich.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
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Trump Escalates a Fight Over How to Measure Merit in American Education
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/trump-merit-affirmative-action-colleges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
5 months ago
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5 months ago
A new research review provides insight into the debate over the use of the SAT and ACT in college admissions decisions.
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To Test or Not to Test? What Research Has to Say About the SAT and ACT
A new research review provides insight into the debate over the use of the SAT and ACT in college admissions decisions.
https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-sat-act-80725
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Accountability should serve students—not systems. This paper by from C!E and
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lifts up real models where local communities lead, states support, and learning—not compliance—is the goal. A must-read for anyone ready to rethink assessment.
bit.ly/3HZBHAY
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Sal Khan and AI Reimagined Schools: Questions and Concerns - Ran again last night...
#EduSky
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Sal Khan and AI Reimagined Schools: Questions and Concerns - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Recently, 60 Minutes showcased Sal Khan, known for the popular Khan Academy, describing Sal Khan's Khanmigo, a new AI-powered program promising to revolutionize teaching by giving students an online personal tutor. Here's Khan's TED talk, "How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education," Khanmigo's format, feedback, and human-like online conversation and interactions are clever and innovative.
https://nancyebailey.com/2025/01/27/sal-khan-and-ai-reimagined-schools-questions-and-concerns/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=socialnetwork
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Let’s listen to the kids who take this crap. Doesn’t measure knowledge or skills other than tomed test taking
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Timed Tests Don’t Measure Aptitude, They Measure Speed and Memorization
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/learning/timed-tests-dont-measure-aptitude-they-measure-speed-and-memorization.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QE8.0hdU.h5caGzEjBuWk&smid=bs-share
6 months ago
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Study shows ACT & SAT "reflect privilege more than potential." HS GPA "outperforms standardized tests in predicting college success."
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The hidden bias in college admissions tests: How standardized exams can favor privilege over potential
Calls to reprioritize standardized tests in college admissions have sparked debate over the merits of the exams.
https://ow.ly/H68Y50WbHWC
6 months ago
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The case for qualitative reviews or "school inspections" as a way to determine school quality and guide improvement. Test scores don't tell the story. Structured expert visits and constructive feedback should be normal practice.
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The Full Measure of a School
Student test scores tell only part of the story. Observations can round out the narrative.
https://www.educationnext.org/full-measure-of-a-school-student-test-scores-tell-only-part-of-the-story/
9 months ago
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Excellent analysis from Century Foundation. If Dear Colleague letter followed and SAT scores become the dominant metric for admissions, college socioeconomic diversity collapses. Remain true to your missions higher ed, or earn the disdain of all but the wealthy.
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College Admissions Are Rigged for the Rich. Trump’s Officials Say, “Keep It That Way.”
On February 14, Trump administration officials at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education released guidance in the form of a
https://tcf.org/content/commentary/college-admissions-are-rigged-for-the-rich-trumps-officials-say-keep-it-that-way/
10 months ago
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#eduprising #qualityeducation #newmexicoeducation | FairTest
Harry Feder, FairTest ED, presented at the EdUprising Conference in Albuquerque on March 7 with Alisa Diehl of the New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty and named…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fairtest_eduprising-qualityeducation-newmexicoeducation-activity-7305694331414196225-FyTx?utm_source=share
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FairTest on LinkedIn: The March SAT Test Crisis: What Happened And How Students Can Navigate The…
College Board shows its standard monopolist customer service in its botched March SAT administration. Programming error submitted student math section at 11AM…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fairtest_the-march-sat-test-crisis-what-happened-activity-7305241747498979330-5gVR?utm_source=share
10 months ago
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FairTest on LinkedIn: #sat #collegeboard
Botched March SAT that submitted math section prematurely had greatest impact on those who got extra time or were slower testers. College Board tone deaf…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fairtest_sat-collegeboard-activity-7305604804687396864-9YAQ?utm_source=share
10 months ago
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FairTest responds to DOE’s Dear Colleague Letter on DEI programs. Colleges should adhere to principles of institutional integrity rather than attempting compliance in advance with a flawed and incoherent cereal policy statement on admissions testing.
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FairTest Response to DOE Office of Civil Rights Letter Dated 2/14/25 - Fairtest
In its missive interpreting the Supreme Court's SFFA decision as a blanket ban on all DEI initiatives, the Acting Head of the DOE's Civil Rights Division warns that eliminating standardized testing to...
https://fairtest.org/fairtest-response-to-doe-office-of-civil-rights-letter-dated-2-14-25/
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FairTest on LinkedIn: #collegeadmissions #testoptional
We wanted to do a reality check on the Sacerdote et al. "study" claiming the need for mandatory SAT scores to find "qualified" "disadvantaged" applicants in…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fairtest_collegeadmissions-testoptional-activity-7289697168066576384-8SuI?utm_source=share
11 months ago
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We break down the reasons behind the further attrition of state exit exams. Policy makers, parents and students want more meaningful indicators that students have the skills and knowledge to move on I. The real world of citizenship, college and career.
www.k12dive.com/news/if-grad...
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As states show graduation exams to the exit, what’s next?
Only six states still require graduation assessments after New York and Massachusetts announced plans to end the practice.
https://www.k12dive.com/news/if-graduation-exams-are-out-whats-next/735182/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202024-12-11%20Curriculum%20Weekly%20%5Bissue:68636%5D&utm_term=K-12%20Dive:%20Curriculum
about 1 year ago
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Are they still headed out?
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Should High School Juniors Stop Worrying About The SAT And ACT?
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research adds to evidence that elite, highly rejective colleges are not unearthing many rough diamonds.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2024/11/21/should-high-school-juniors-stop-worrying-about-the-sat-and-act/
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James S. Murphy
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Interesting coverage of student-led efforts to end legacy preferences and make college admissions about merit and fairness.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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The Elite College Students Fighting to End Legacy Admissions
In November, organizers at more than 18 universities met for a conference with Class Action to discuss how to democratize higher education.
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/elite-college-students-legacy-admissions-affirmative-action/
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