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Congress has passed the “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA). This bill is the latest version of the long-standing Elementary and Secondary Education Act and replaces the universally despised “No Child Left Behind.” The new law presents both opportunities and dangers for the testing resistance and reform movement.

ESEA Reauthorization:

A New Basis to Expand High-Stakes Testing Resistance and Assessment Reform

By Monty Neill

for further information:

Lisa Guisbond     (617) 959-2371

Dr. Monty Neill     (617) 477-9792

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Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773

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See this guide to organizing by Jeanette Deutermann, leader of the hugely successful Long Island Opt Out.

     Note:      "The state-by-state cut-off scores listed here are for the high school class graduating in 2016.  The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has not yet set stat

compiled by National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest)

The ongoing litany of computer exam administration failures reinforces the conclusion that the technologies rushed into the marketplace by political mandates and lobbying by the companies paid to implement them are not ready for prime time.  It makes no sense to attach high-stakes consequences to such deeply flawed tools.

Updated by Bob Schaeffer, April 24, 2018. 

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Bob Schaeffer   (239) 395-6773
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for immediate release, Tuesday, September 1, 2015

FLORIDA SHOULD SUSPEND HIGH-STAKES FOR STUDENTS DUE TO COMPUTER TEST FAILURES,
CONSISTENT WITH NEW REPORT; STATE’S TAXPAYERS OWED FINANCIAL REBATE FOR TEST FOUL-UPS