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Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon. Projo.com Op Ed.
Why Graduation Tests/Exit Exams Fail to Add Value to High School Diplomas
Thanks to Brenda Engel
NCLB Administrative Tinkering Fails to Address the Flawed "Test and Punish" Policies Initiated By Nation at Risk Misdiagnosis
"Beyond NCLB" by Monty Neill Available at Rethinking Schools
April FairTest Examiner Newsletter Published
What the Presidential Candidates Are Saying about NCLB
Testimony of Monty Neill, Ed.D. to the Rhode Island Board of Regents Regarding Proposed Graduation Requirements
Lisa Guisbond: All Hail R.I, Diploma System
Graduation Tests Will Harm Students. by Judith A. Browne-Dianis
FairTest's Reaction to Secretary Spellings’ “Differentiated Accountability" Plan
FairTest in the News
Testimony of FairTest's Monty Neill to the Maryland Joint Committee on Education/Ways and Means
Summary of Proposed Legislative Changes to ESEA/NCLB Press Release
EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, DISABILITY, RELIGIOUS GROUPS PROMOTE "REDEFINING ACCOUNTABILITY" TO REPLACE "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" FOCU
“No Child Left Behind” After Six Years: An Escalating Track Record of Failure
AYP Problems and Solutions Report
Letter sent to Maryland January 2008
Letter from FairTest to all Presidential Candidates. October 2007
Ed. Reform, Civil Rights, Child Advocacy Groups Tell Congress: Block Bush Plan to Force States to Expend Student Testing
Senate-House Conferees Urged to "Address Fundamental Problems" In Elementary and Secondary Education Act Legislation
100 National Education, Civil Rights, Religious & Disability Groups Call for Overhaul of "No Child Left Behind" Law; Urge
Movement to Overhaul NCLB Accelerates
Expert Panel on Assessment Offers Principles, Recommendations for Lawmakers Rewriting "No Child Left Behind"
New Poll Shows Americans Support Comprehensive NCLB Overhaul: Reaction of FairTest to ETS Survey
Forum on Educational Accountability
Education bill falls short
New York Times: Back to School
Vermont Governor Opposed to Education Plan
Wisconsin calls not to expand testing for ESEA
Time Magazine: Getting Testy over Tests
Editorial: Don't teach to the test
No Teacher Will Be Left Standing
Bush Test Expansion Scheme Will Leave More Children Behind, Dumb Down Educational Quality
Education Week: At 4, NCLB Gets Praise and Fresh Call to Amend It
ACT "Smokescreen" Focuses on Small Annual Score Changes but Hides Strong Link Between Test Results and Family Income
Civil Rights, Disability Orgs. Call for "Multiple Measures" in "No Child" Overhaul Legislation
Test Reformers React to New National Poll on "No Child Left Behind" (PDF)
Aspen Commission Proposals are "NCLB on Steroids;" Side-Effect Will Be More "Teaching to the Tests"
Education, Civil Rights, Disability, Religious Groups Promote "Redefining Accountability" To Replace "No Child Left Behind"
Civil Rights, Disability Orgs. Call for "Multiple Measures" in "No Child" Overhaul Legislation (PDF)
New Report Challenges Strategies Promoted by Chicago School Officials and "No Child Left Behind"
NEW REPORT CHALLENGES STRATEGIES PROMOTED BY CHICAGO SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND"
STUDY SHOWS "TROUBLING" MINORITY H.S. GRADUATION PROBLEM IN MASSACHUSETTS
"New" SAT Average Score Plunge, Test-Registration Drop Further Undermine College Board Credibility
New Poll Shows Growing Discontent With "No Child" Law
Test-Maker's SAT Score-Decline Math Fails to Add Up; FairTest Urges College Board, "Tell the Truth"
"A Contrarian View of the Testing Industry,"
FairTest Praises N.Y. Senate Subpoena of College Board SAT Scoring Error Report
Testimony of Robert Schaeffer Before the New York Senate Higher Education Committee
The January 18, 2006 Ed Week featured a piece on FairTest and the Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB
SAT/ACT Optional Admissions List Soars to 730 Colleges
Flatline NAEP Scores Show Failure of Test-Driven School Reform
Minimal Changes in SAT and ACT Admissions Scores Show High School Graduation Testing Has Not Improved
No Child Left Behind Flunks on 3rd Anniversary Report Card; Law Needs Complete Overhaul to Promote School Reform
College Board Seeks to Suppress SAT Equity Charts; Lawyers' Letter Claims Copyright Control Over Data on Test's Bias
College Board Seeks to Suppress SAT Equity Charts
Faculty, Civil Rights, and Education Groups Blast UC Regent's Claims about Berkeley and the SAT
Arizona Republic piece on AIMS
Supreme Court Michigan Decisions Will Encourage "Holistic" Admissions
New FairTest Analysis Finds: More than 700 4-Year Colleges Are SAT/ACT Optional
SAT Gender and Racial Gaps Increase Misuse of Test Results Will Hurt College Diversity
College Board Focus on Small Annual Score Variations Deflects Attention from Exam's Fundamental Flaws
Princeton Review State Test Rankings Equivalent to Arthur Anderson Audit of Enron
FairTest Supreme Court Amicus Brief Demonstrates "Test Scores Do Not Equal 'Merit'"
New Report Shows MCAS Will Block College Access for Thousands of Students
Students Spared More MCAS Requirements; Commissioner Withdraws Proposal Due to Statewide Opposition to Using MCAS for College
U.S. Naval Academy Challenged Over Misuse of SAT/ACT Exams; Minimum Score Requirement Violates Test Use Guidelines
Florida State Scholarship Program Unfairly Discriminates, Say Civil Rights and Educational Groups
ACT Misused for School Ratings, Accreditation, Accountability; Test-Taker Increase Boosted by Company-Sanctioned Score Abuse
College Board Emphasis on Small Score Changes Encourage SAT Misuse by Colleges, Scholarship Programs
New Study Finds Rewarding Schools for MCAS Score Gains Produces Flawed Results, Encourages Inappropriate Practices
Test Critics Tell College Board Trustees: "New SAT" Proposals are Cosmetic, Marketing Ploy Evading Test's Real Problems
SAT Repackaging Fails to Address Fundamental Flaws, May Incrase Exam's Bias and Coachability
U.C. Regents Urged to Question Admissions Test Change Impacts FairTest Says Current Proposals Fail to Address Concerns
The Truth Behind the Hype: A Closer Look at the SAT
WHY THE MCAS HURTS
AIMS Press Release
Civil Rights, Ed. Advocacy Groups Seek Racial Bias Probe of Bright Futures Scholarship Award Formula
SAT Scores Not Needed for Fair, Valid College Admissions
GMAT Scoring Error Hurt A Thousand Business School Applicants; Test-Takers Were Not Told of Mistake for Ten Months
College Board Challenged to End "Blatant Hypocrisy" by Cracking Down on SAT Misuses, Including Its Own Handbook
The ACT: A Different Test, Not a Better Test
NAEP Reading Scores Show Testing Mania Fails to Improve Learning; Education Quality Undermined for Low-Income, Minority Children
Boston Parents Say No to the MCAS
California Teachers Association Statement - March 2001
SAT Score Report: Fixation on Biased, Useless Test Results Undermines Educational Equity and Excellence
Droppout Numbers in Boston Public Schools 1996-2000
High-Stakes Testing Flunks - USA Today op-ed September 7, 1999.
"SAT/ACT Optional" Admissions Enhances Equity and Excellence At Growing Number of U.S. Colleges
FairTest finds that over 755 four-year colleges do not use the SAT I or ACT
to admit substantial numbers of bachelor degree applicants:
See the searchable listing of schools.
What's New at FairTest
Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon. Projo.com Op Ed.
Why Graduation Tests/Exit Exams Fail to Add Value to High School Diplomas
NCLB Administrative Tinkering Fails to Address the Flawed "Test and Punish" Policies Initiated By Nation at Risk Misdiagnosis
Members of the Media:
Contact Robert Schaeffer at (239) 395-6773 or FairTest at (617) 864-4810
