As Washington, DC awaits the Wednesday morning U.S. Senate hearing on overhauling the “No Child Left Behind” law, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) released a statement on Federal Standardized Exam Mandates.
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial.
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