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MA Readiness Project Members Criticize Final Report on MCAS and Assessments; Say MCAS Overhaul is Urgently Needed
Posted June 23rd, 2008 by fairtestFor Immediate Release, June 23, 2008
Contact:
Lisa Guisbond 617-730-5445, 617-959-2371 (cell)
Jim Nehring 978-772-9749
David Krane 617-276-6241 (cell)
Ruth Rodriguez-Fay (508) 353-7888 (cell)
Trudy Knowles (413) 562-5337 (home) (413) 572-5724 (work)
Readiness Project Members Criticize Final Report on MCAS and Assessments; Say MCAS Overhaul is Urgently Needed to address Negative Consequences
MA MCAS and Assessment Subcommittee Sees Urgent Need for MCAS Overhaul
Posted June 20th, 2008 by fairtestThe Readiness Project subcommittee charged with reviewing MCAS and assessment expressed an urgent need for substantive change to the current system. To underscore this sense of urgency, the subcommittee’s consensus report echoes Brown v. Board of Education, saying, “In order to move toward important new educational goals, MCAS – as the ‘system’ it was originally intended to be – must evolve significantly and that evolution must begin with deliberate speed.”
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What the Presidential Candidates Are Saying about NCLB
Posted June 2nd, 2008 by fairtestUpdated June 16, 2008
Testimony of Lisa Guisbond to the PA Senate Ed. Committee
Posted May 13th, 2008 by fairtestTestimony of Lisa Guisbond, Policy Analyst for the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest)
Senate Education Committee Hearing on Proposed Graduation Competency Assessments
Pennsylvania General Assembly
May 14, 2008
Since its creation in 1985 by leaders of major civil rights, education reform and student advocacy organizations, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, Inc. (FairTest) has closely monitored the impact of state-mandated exit exams on both equity and educational quality.
Press Release: FairTest's Testimony on the PA Graduation Test
Posted May 13th, 2008 by fairtest
for further information:
Jesse Mermell (617) 864-4810
or Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773
for immediate release, Tuesday, May 12, 2008
Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon. Projo.com Op Ed.
Posted May 5th, 2008 by fairtesthttp://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_regents4_05-04-08_E...
Lisa Guisbond: Resist the testing bandwagon
01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, May 4, 2008
LISA GUISBOND
CAMBRIDGE
THE RHODE ISLAND Board of Regents will discuss on May 15 proposed changes to the state’s high-school-graduation requirements that may increase the weight placed on state test scores. The board should think twice before going down this road.
Why Graduation Tests/Exit Exams Fail to Add Value to High School Diplomas
Posted May 2nd, 2008 by fairtestNCLB Administrative Tinkering Fails to Address the Flawed "Test and Punish" Policies Initiated By Nation at Risk Misdiagnosis
Posted April 22nd, 2008 by fairtest
for further information contact:
Jesse Mermell/Monty Neill (617) 864-4810
or Robert Schaeffer (239) 395-6773
for immediate release, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 after Sec. Spellings’ Detroit speech.
"Beyond NCLB" by Monty Neill Available at Rethinking Schools
Posted April 17th, 2008 by fairtest"Beyond NCLB" by FairTest's Monty Neill is available in Rethinking Schools at http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/22_03/beyo223.shtml.
April FairTest Examiner Newsletter Published
Posted April 3rd, 2008 by fairtest