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for immediate release, Tuesday, August 29, 2006

This year's seven point decline in average SAT scores combined with a drop in the number of students taking that admissions exam add to the mounting credibility problems faced by the test's sponsor, the College Board, according to assessment reform advocates at the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest). The score plunge is the largest annual change in three decades; the number of SAT takers declined for the first time since 1991.

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for release with Gallup/PDK poll – embargoed until 12:01am, Tuesday, August 28, 2007

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For immediate release, Wednesday, September 6, 2006

The Summer 2006 Issue
of the quarterly National Crosstalk features a
lengthy cover profile of FairTest titled, "A
Contrarian View of the Testing Industry," which accurately
describes FairTest's situation.

http://www.highereducation.org/crosstalk/ct0306/news0306-fairtest.shtml

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for immediate release, Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Education Week, January 18, 2006
At 4, NCLB Gets Praise and Fresh Call
to Amend It
By Andrew Trotter and Michelle R. Davis
Washington

A coalition of school, civil rights, and child-advocacy groups
handed a list of 14 recommendations for changing the federal
No Child Left Behind Act to congressional staff members at the
U.S. Capitol last week, just a day after President Bush vigorously
defended the law on its fourth anniversary.

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for immediate release, Wednesday, October 19, 2005

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Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773
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Dr. Monty Neill (857) 350-8207

for release with SAT College Bound Seniors scores, Tuesday, August 30, 2005
"Minor score changes on the SAT and ACT exams by this year's high school graduates again demonstrate the failure of the test-and-punish approach to meaningfully improve the quality of our public schools," according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).