Two reforms are suggested as ways to improve standardized testing. They are Truth-in-Testing legislation and the Golden Rule bias reduction principle. Test publishers, state departments of education, and colleges who administer tests are often reluctant to provide statistical data on test results. It is also difficult for researchers to see test items. Truth-in-Testing legislation was enacted in California and New York to provide more information about college entrance examinations such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test. As a result, test items may be studied and challenged regarding their accuracy, validity, and cultural bias. The Golden Rule procedure is based on an out-of-court agreement between the Educational Testing Service, the State of Illinois and the Golden Rule Insurance Company concerning an insurance licensing examination. The agreement settled a lawsuit charging that ETS' Illinois Insurance Agent Licensing Exam unfairly discriminated against blacks and was not job-related. The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest) has endorsed the Golden Rule principle: "among questions of equal difficulty and validity in each content area, questions which display the least differences in passing rates between majority and minority test-takers should be used first." Safeguards need to be established to ensure that standardized tests measure relevant knowledge differences between test-takers and not irrelevant, culturally specific factors. (GDC)