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fairtest.bsky.social
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
January 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
Missouri IADA: Monitoring Implementation, Ensuring Educational Benefits - Fairtest
Missouri was granted flexibility to develop an innovative assessment system under the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) program by the Trump Administration. The proposal pilots new assessments in Math and ELA in 4th and 5th grade with the goal of scaling systemwide to more useful assessments that are able to capture student competencies and allow
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January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
The Bigger Picture Beyond the UCSD Math Report (opinion)
Declining math skills are a real problem nationally, but UC San Diego is an unusual case—and other California colleges offer a range of promising models for rethinking calculus requirements.
ow.ly
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
January 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
Missouri IADA: Monitoring Implementation, Ensuring Educational Benefits - Fairtest
Missouri was granted flexibility to develop an innovative assessment system under the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) program by the Trump Administration. The proposal pilots new assessments in Math and ELA in 4th and 5th grade with the goal of scaling systemwide to more useful assessments that are able to capture student competencies and allow
ow.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
The SAT has surged in popularity. The ACT is making changes.
While elite colleges and students reconsidered the value of the tests and the SAT gained consumers, the ACT made changes over the past two years to claw back market share.
ow.ly
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
The SAT has surged in popularity. The ACT is making changes.
While elite colleges and students reconsidered the value of the tests and the SAT gained consumers, the ACT made changes over the past two years to claw back market share.
ow.ly
January 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
Conservatives See Two-parent Households as a Solution to Student Achievement. It’s Not That Simple | KQED
A family’s bank account matters more than a wedding ring, as NAEP data suggests that family structure affects student performance mostly in wealthier households.
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January 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
The Schools Are Failing (Again)
What’s behind the latest round of public education panic?
ow.ly
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
Conservatives See Two-parent Households as a Solution to Student Achievement. It’s Not That Simple | KQED
A family’s bank account matters more than a wedding ring, as NAEP data suggests that family structure affects student performance mostly in wealthier households.
ow.ly
January 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
The Schools Are Failing (Again)
What’s behind the latest round of public education panic?
ow.ly
January 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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 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.
ow.ly
December 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
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.
ow.ly
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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 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.
ow.ly
December 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
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.
ow.ly
December 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
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.
ow.ly
December 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
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.
ow.ly
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
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.
ow.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
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.
ow.ly
December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
A vivid sunset paints the sky over Mississippi River at Reads Landing, creating stunning reflections on the water.
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
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.
ow.ly
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
A vivid sunset paints the sky over Mississippi River at Reads Landing, creating stunning reflections on the water.
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
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.
ow.ly
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
fairtest.bsky.social
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
Group of students with backpacks running into school, captured from behind, showing excitement.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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annieabrams.bsky.social
who would believe that preparation for college might require specifically not reading whole books
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM