FairTest also explores kindergarten through 12th-grade assessment issues. It educates the public on their interpretation that there are negative consequences of high-stakes testing and advocates alternatives of assessing students and providing accountability. It also works to remove state and local policies that require students to pass a standardized test (one where all students take the test under reasonably similar conditions) to graduate or be promoted to the next grade. It also has many materials on alternative performance assessments and their uses for teaching and school improvement.