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Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests by Latricia Wilson.
MA Readiness Project Members Criticize Final Report on MCAS and Assessments; Say MCAS Overhaul is Urgently Needed
Testimony of Lisa Guisbond to the PA Senate Ed. Committee
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
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
Testimony of FairTest's Monty Neill to the Maryland Joint Committee on Education/Ways and Means
Letter sent to Maryland January 2008
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 Poll Shows Growing Discontent With "No Child" Law
"A Contrarian View of the Testing Industry,"
The January 18, 2006 Ed Week featured a piece on FairTest and the Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB
Flatline NAEP Scores Show Failure of Test-Driven School Reform
No Child Left Behind Flunks on 3rd Anniversary Report Card; Law Needs Complete Overhaul to Promote School Reform
Arizona Republic piece on AIMS
Students Spared More MCAS Requirements; Commissioner Withdraws Proposal Due to Statewide Opposition to Using MCAS for College
New Study Finds Rewarding Schools for MCAS Score Gains Produces Flawed Results, Encourages Inappropriate Practices
WHY THE MCAS HURTS
AIMS Press Release
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
Droppout Numbers in Boston Public Schools 1996-2000
High-Stakes Testing Flunks - USA Today op-ed September 7, 1999.
Why Graduation Tests/Exit Exams Fail to Add Value to High School Diplomas
Press Release: FairTest's Testimony on the PA Graduation Test
Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon. Projo.com Op Ed.
“No Child Left Behind” After Six Years: An Escalating Track Record of Failure
Letter from FairTest to all Presidential Candidates. October 2007
Video: "FairTest: You Can't Judge Learning with a Standardized Test"
Seattle Teacher Refuses to Administer WASL Test to Students
- FairTest finds that over 760 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.
- Find Out How and Why Colleges Go Test Optional
What's New at FairTest
What the Presidential Candidates are saying about NCLB
FairTest Article on NCLB in AFSC journal Peacework
SAT Scores 2008 Release
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