FairTest's creation was catalyzed by the settlement of the landmark "Golden Rule" lawsuit which charged that the insurance agent licensing exam made by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) was racially biased and not job related.

Employment testing has been one of FairTest's three areas of concern (along with K-12 and university testing) since the very beginning.

For material on the use of student test scores to evaluate school
teachers and administrators, including "value added measurement,"
see k-12/teachers This page focuses on tests administered to
teachers and prospective teachers. 

Articles and Research Reports on Testing

• "Accountability" Versus Science in the Bilingual Education Debate, by James Crawford Feature Articles from Language Policy Research Unit, AZ. State Univ., 2002

A collection of clips of FairTest staff and allies speaking on testing issues:

• See the short video FairTest: You Can't Judge Learning with a Standardized Test available on YouTube. Thanks to Marco Greenberg, Eric Sagotsky and Tracey Leffler for assisting FairTest staff in creating this video.

FairTest Examiner

Source of up-to-date information on testing reform. Includes updates on state and federal legislation, reports on test misuse and efforts to stop it and profiles of promising new assessment systems. Covers school, university and employment testing.