Although the use of testing has been of remarkable value for millennia, and has improved steadily over the past century, it is now experiencing heightened public dissatisfaction due partly to concerns regarding fairness and equity. We discuss some plausible causes for this apparent change in public attitudes. Only about 10% of all colleges and universities now require the ACT or SAT for admission. Fewer states are using tests to measure K-12 student progress and as a requirement for graduation. The major complaint about tests is preventing improvement through inclusion. But in reality testing simply measures this improvement as more groups have been included over the years. Virtuosos in music and the world record for running the mile are examples. Admissions testing was first developed to improve fairness to a system that relied on quotas. Compared to other metrics, tests are the only ones subjected to rigorous evaluation for reliability and validity.