June 17, 2010

Friday's New York Times gives FairTest the lead reaction quote in a story about how high-stakes testing pressures cause some educators to cheat on standardized tests.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/education/11cheat.html?src=mv

The article, (also posted on the nytimes.com home page), includes a link to our website, which has already generated dozens of visitor referrals.  This is the fifth or sixth time the nation's leading newspaper has quoted FairTest this year.

FairTest and Advancement Project co-sponsored a webinar on testing, discipline
and the school-to-prison pipeline.

Check out the powerpoint presentation from the webinar here.

Watch a film of the Webinar here.

FEA Recommendations for Improving ESEA/NCLB - Summary

Click here to download the PDF document.

The Forum on Educational Accountability has released its 2010 recommendations for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently named “No Child Left Behind.” FEA prepared this summary of the recommendations. (PDF file)

FairTest comments on US Education Department's "Race to the Top Assessment Program" hearing in Boston on Nov. 12. 

- See oral remarks in text or PDF.

- See detailed comments (including oral remarks) in PDF.

TO AVOID SLIPPING BACKWARDS ON EDUCATION REFORM, DRAFT “RACE TO THE TOP” GUIDELINES MUST BE REVISED

FairTest here elaborates on its general comments by responding in detail to the draft Guidelines for states to apply for "Race to the Top" (RTTT) funds.

A Critical Analysis of the Citizen's Commission on Civil Rights report,
National Teachers Unions and the Struggle Over School Reform

by Monty Neill, FairTest

July 14, 2009

A Joint Organizational Statement on the Federal Role in Public Schooling

Vision of Public Education