A great look at SAT, its history, the problems of using it as a gatekeeper for college admissions, and what the future may hold. Several steps above the usual media pablum. Not a "test prep professional" in sight. #SAT #StandardizedTesting #CollegeAdmissions https://ow.ly/FGHs50Zghw9#SAT

Former Policy Director for EdTrust injects a dose of sanity to ed policy debate. The last thing we need is return to NCLB. Kids are disengaged; more beatings not the answer. Invest in real education and systems local communities will trust. Constant testing doesn't work. https://ow.ly/NKCQ50Zf8qG

Former Policy Director for EdTrust injects a dose of sanity to ed policy debate. The last thing we need is return to NCLB. Kids are disengaged; more beatings not the answer. Invest in real education and systems local communities will trust. Constant testing doesn't work. https://ow.ly/NKCQ50Zf8qG

Former Policy Director for EdTrust injects a dose of sanity to ed policy debate. The last thing we need is return to NCLB. Kids are disengaged; more beatings not the answer. Invest in real education and systems local communities will trust. Constant testing doesn't work. https://ow.ly/NKCQ50Zf8qG

You can, of course, believe that the SAT is not a racist test. But you have to admit an awful lot of people campaigning to bring the test back have a lot of racist bones in their bodies, notwithstanding their proclamations to the contrary.

Really? We are being falsely set up for or NCLB's return by the usual suspects. You would think we stopped having consequences for schools' test results in 2013. It's the iPhone/Chromebook stupid. It's not only the US. Just feeds the voucher narrative. #SchoolTesting https://ow.ly/KaOQ50Z17Tp

Really? We are being falsely set up for or NCLB's return by the usual suspects. You would think we stopped having consequences for schools' test results in 2013. It's the iPhone/Chromebook stupid. It's not only the US. Just feeds the voucher narrative. #SchoolTesting https://ow.ly/KaOQ50Z17Tp

What A.I. Did to My College Class www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o... The moral vacuum of the technology obsessed laid bare.

NPR piece on state of test optional including FairTest comments. Fails to even mention the main issue--the impact of testing on the wealth, privilege and racial composition of admissions. Seems like NPR engaged in a stroke of self-censorship. https://ow.ly/lOjG50YV314 #TestOptional#CollegeAdmissions

NPR piece on state of test optional including FairTest comments. Fails to even mention the main issue--the impact of testing on the wealth, privilege and racial composition of admissions. Seems like NPR engaged in a stroke of self-censorship. https://ow.ly/lOjG50YV314 #TestOptional#CollegeAdmissions

Kids in K-8 take up to 88 different tests, up to 222 hours. Tests not connected to curriculum and instruction; volume doesn't improve achievement. Need to redo accountability and assessment to change the systemic incentive structure. FairTest analysis and proposal: https://ow.ly/l7LV50YPw3J

@dianeravitch.bsky.social - ACT Scores Show No “Miracle” dianeravitch.net/202...

Kids in K-8 take up to 88 different tests, up to 222 hours. Tests not connected to curriculum and instruction; volume doesn't improve achievement. Need to redo accountability and assessment to change the systemic incentive structure. FairTest analysis and proposal: https://ow.ly/l7LV50YPw3J

Kids in K-8 take up to 88 different tests, up to 222 hours. Tests not connected to curriculum and instruction; volume doesn't improve achievement. Need to redo accountability and assessment to change the systemic incentive structure. FairTest analysis and proposal: https://ow.ly/l7LV50YPw3J

Large study of all of CUNY shows HS grades "dominant predictor" of academic success. 4-6xs more predictive of graduation than SAT. Test-optional (2020-24) = no significant diff in predictive accuracy vs. including test scores. Put that on front page of the NEW YORK Times. https://ow.ly/zA5C50YyKNW

Large study of all of CUNY shows HS grades "dominant predictor" of academic success. 4-6xs more predictive of graduation than SAT. Test-optional (2020-24) = no significant diff in predictive accuracy vs. including test scores. Put that on front page of the NEW YORK Times. https://ow.ly/9SLx50YyKwh

Being retained in school is a failure that many students may never overcome. It’s time to end retention and focus on solutions that work, that lift children! nancyebailey.com/2026/03/21/g...

Thanks EdFirst for showing how bonkers the K-8 testing obsession has become. K-8 kids take an average of 60 distinct commercial tests.Test accountability pressure is warping our schools. "Right-sizing" won't fix it. Systems need to change before we lose another generation. https://ow.ly/iEoZ50YwZfA

Thanks EdFirst for showing how bonkers the K-8 testing obsession has become. K-8 kids take an average of 60 distinct commercial tests.Test accountability pressure is warping our schools. "Right-sizing" won't fix it. Systems need to change before we lose another generation. https://ow.ly/iEoZ50YwZfA

If Trump sells out US interests to Putin— is it Russia’s fault for compromising him or Trump’s for being weak and betraying US? Same goes for Israel/Netanyahu. All three men are abominations. Trump alone is to blame for the catastrophic harm he does the United States.

Why would parents trust grades more than standardized test scores? Wrong question. Why should they trust test scores? We assume the stupidity of parents and that score reports give us useful information. Akil Bello unpacks unfortunate media framing and more. #TestScores https://ow.ly/YA0H50YqxSL

Why would parents trust grades more than test scores? Wrong question. Why would parents trust test scores? Let's interrogate whether test score reports give us meaningful information about kids rather than assume parents are ignorant. Read Akil Bello's take. #TestScores https://ow.ly/x3tP50YqxuA

Let's not confuse Mississippi "miracle" with actual anti-poverty agenda. 4th grade test score rise not panacea. Early reading and math interventions are not a substitute for real investments in broad economic success. Economic opportunity and social mobility not that cheap. https://ow.ly/R4yz50YmyQN

From Just Equations, more context of UCSD math report ignored by media and testing hawkers. Remedial math enrollment spiked when UCSD went to no calculators on its placement exam, not when it opened its gates to more poor kids by going test free. https://ow.ly/hj3250YmzwT

New paper shows harm of third-grade retention policies. Texas policy significantly reduced earnings by age 26, increased absenteeism, violent behavior, and juvenile crime and reduces HS graduation rate. Oh, test scores temporarily improved. Whoopee! #ThirdGradeRetention https://ow.ly/KHHJ50Ymy4O

From Just Equations, more context of UCSD math report ignored by media and testing hawkers. Remedial math enrollment spiked when UCSD went to no calculators on its placement exam, not when it opened its gates to more poor kids by going test free. https://ow.ly/hj3250YmzwT

Let's not confuse Mississippi "miracle" with actual anti-poverty agenda. 4th grade test score rise not panacea. Early reading and math interventions are not a substitute for real investments in broad economic success. Economic opportunity and social mobility not that cheap. https://ow.ly/R4yz50YmyQN

New paper shows harm of third-grade retention policies. Texas policy significantly reduced earnings by age 26, increased absenteeism, violent behavior, and juvenile crime and reduces HS graduation rate. Oh, test scores temporarily improved. Whoopee! #ThirdGradeRetention https://ow.ly/KHHJ50Ymy4O

A must read. We try to give students of lesser means access to the process advantages of affluence. But the key metrics for college admission, both tests and other components, wildly advantage the affluent. Need deeper policy shifts to level the field. https://ow.ly/grH550Y50tM #CollegeAdmissions

Missouri joins the IADA program to pilot a new assessment system. Will it improve on the current model? What should stakeholders ask during design and implementation? Read the FairTest report. https://ow.ly/x09S50Y4Zx2 #Education #Assessment #EdPolicy #IADA #FairTest

UCSD report being misused through the prism of admissions testing. Penalizes students with a testing gate for lacking preparation the system inequitably provides.Really about how and what math is taught and required. UCSD only CA uni doing it light this. And other insights. https://ow.ly/UZ4n50Y5EnC

A must read. We try to give students of lesser means access to the process advantages of affluence. But the key metrics for college admission, both tests and other components, wildly advantage the affluent. Need deeper policy shifts to level the field. https://ow.ly/grH550Y50tM #CollegeAdmissions

Missouri joins the IADA program to pilot a new assessment system. Will it improve on the current model? What should stakeholders ask during design and implementation? Read the FairTest report. https://ow.ly/x09S50Y4Zx2 #Education #Assessment #EdPolicy #IADA #FairTest

ACT making changes to combat market share loss to SAT. Race to the bottom for entities worried about profit and marketing, not education. FairTest comments on the problems in the testing market. Keep antitrust law alive! #ACTvsSAT #StandardizedTesting #FairTest https://ow.ly/KXXr50Y0LQ1

ACT making changes to combat market share loss to SAT. Race to the bottom for entities worried about profit and marketing, not education. FairTest comments on the problems in the testing market. Keep antitrust law alive! #ACTvsSAT #StandardizedTesting #FairTest https://ow.ly/KXXr50Y0LQ1

Student achievement as measured by NAEP scores correlates with family income. Family structure doesn't matter (except for rich kids). Excellent breakdown by Jill Barshay. It's the economy, stupid. Or a poverty problem. #NAEPScores #EducationEquity https://ow.ly/6Qbf50XXGlC

Yes it's true. We suck. So more beatings please. Pointed and searing analysis of where this going by Jennifer Berkshire. Alliance of affluent moderates and anti-DEI voters over college admissions and nostalgic NCLB waxing not good. #NCLB #CollegeAdmissions #DEI https://ow.ly/J6iK50XXmu1

Student achievement as measured by NAEP scores correlates with family income. Family structure doesn't matter (except for rich kids). Excellent breakdown by Jill Barshay. It's the economy, stupid. Or a poverty problem. #NAEPScores #EducationEquity https://ow.ly/6Qbf50XXGlC

Yes it's true. We suck. So more beatings please. Pointed and searing analysis of where this going by Jennifer Berkshire. Alliance of affluent moderates and anti-DEI voters over college admissions and nostalgic NCLB waxing not good. #NCLB #CollegeAdmissions #DEI https://ow.ly/g2EZ50XXmtW

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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