The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) “add to existing evidence that the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law has failed,”...
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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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FairTest and three allies wrote this blog published on Anthony Cody's blog, Living in Dialogue.
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More than 120 children’s book authors and illustrators tell President Obama, “We are alarmed at negative impacts of excessive school testing.” Maya Angelou, Judy Blume, Jules Feiffer, Donald Crews, Alma Flor Ada, and many more say policies undermine “children’s love of reading and literature...”
This new infographic and fact sheet show that looming multi-state standardized exams will remain mostly multiple-choice, will be misused for high-stakes purposes, and will fail to help improve education.
FairTest finds that nearly 850 four-year colleges do not use the SAT I or ACT to admit substantial numbers of bachelor degree applicants.