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Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon. Projo.com Op Ed.

Posted May 5th, 2008 by fairtest

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http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_regents4_05-04-08_E...

Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon

01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, May 4, 2008

LISA GUISBOND

CAMBRIDGE

THE RHODE ISLAND Board of Regents will discuss on May 15 proposed changes to the state’s high-school-graduation requirements that may increase the weight placed on state test scores. The board should think twice before going down this road.

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Why Graduation Tests/Exit Exams Fail to Add Value to High School Diplomas

Posted May 2nd, 2008 by fairtest

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Thanks to Brenda Engel

Posted April 22nd, 2008 by fairtest

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We give a special thank you to long-time testing reform educator Brenda
Engel. Brenda is also a fine watercolorist, and she generously donated
the proceeds from her recent Cambridge, MA gallery show to FairTest.

Examples of Brenda's work can be seen below or at http://www.noca-arts.org/Brenda_Engel.html

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NCLB Administrative Tinkering Fails to Address the Flawed "Test and Punish" Policies Initiated By Nation at Risk Misdiagnosis

Posted April 22nd, 2008 by fairtest

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for further information contact:
Jesse Mermell/Monty Neill (617) 864-4810
or Robert Schaeffer (239) 395-6773

for immediate release, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 after Sec. Spellings’ Detroit speech.

"Beyond NCLB" by Monty Neill Available at Rethinking Schools

Posted April 17th, 2008 by fairtest

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"Beyond NCLB" by FairTest's Monty Neill is available in Rethinking Schools at http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/22_03/beyo223.shtml.

April FairTest Examiner Newsletter Published

Posted April 3rd, 2008 by fairtest

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The April 2008 FairTest Examiner is now published.

See the articles here and be sure to sign up to receive future issues and updates via email direct from FairTest.

What the Presidential Candidates Are Saying about NCLB

Posted April 1st, 2008 by fairtest

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Now that the realm of presidential candidates has narrowed, here is an updated summary of the positions on NCLB from Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and Republican John McCain.