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FEA Press Release on proposed "No Child" Overhaul
Posted March 17th, 2010 by fairtestForum on Educational Accountability (FEA)
http://www.edaccountability.org
for further information:
Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773
cell (239) 699-0468
for release at 1pm, Wed., March 17, 2010 panel – 1333 H St., NW, Suite 300, East Tower, DC
National Merit Scholarship Corp. Bullies School To Remove Scores From Web; Fairtest Re-Post’s “Censored” Data To Show Biases
Posted February 7th, 2010 by fairtestfor further information:
Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773
cell (239) 699-0468
for immediate release, Monday, February 8, 2010
NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORP. BULLIES SCHOOL COUNSELOR
TO REMOVE STATE-BY-STATE QUALIFYING TEST SCORES FROM WEB;
FAIRTEST RE-POST’S “CENSORED” DATA TO SHOW AWARD’S BIASES.
FairTest Reaction to President Obama's State of the Union Proposals on School "Reform"
Posted January 28th, 2010 by fairtest
for more information, contact
Dr. Monty Neill (617) 522-0801
Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773
for immediate release, Wednesday evening, January 27, 2010
A Child Is Not a Test Score: Assessment as a Civil Rights Issue
Posted January 21st, 2010 by fairtestAssessment as a Civil Rights Issue," from the Fall 2009 issue of Root and
Branch, is avaiable here.
Position Paper on Assessment for Learning
Posted December 8th, 2009 by fairtestfrom the Third International Conference on Assessment for Learning
Dunedin, New Zealand, March 2009
(NOTE: For a formated printable PDF of this document click here.)
Paying Teachers for Student Test Scores Damages Schools and Undermines Learning
Posted November 19th, 2009 by fairtest(note - for a PDF formatted version of this fact sheet click here)
Independent researchers have found that evaluating and paying teachers for test scores is either damaging or irrelevant to improved learning.* Unfortunately, even evidence of harm does not seem to affect the growing popularity of such schemes. Policymakers, including U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, should stop promoting this failed approach.
FairTest comments on US Education Department's "Race to the Top Assessment Program" hearing in Boston on Nov. 12.
Posted November 11th, 2009 by fairtestFairTest 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.
FairTest Reacts to the 2009 SAT Score Release
Posted August 25th, 2009 by fairtest
for further information:
Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773
for use with annual SAT scores release – 11:00am, Tuesday, August 25, 2009
FairTest Press Release on the 2009 ACT Scores
Posted August 18th, 2009 by fairtestfor further information:
Bob Schaeffer: (239) 395-6773
for use with annual ACT score release -- 12:01am Wednesday, August 19, 2009
What to Look for in this month's ACT & SAT Score Reports
Posted August 17th, 2009 by fairtestfor immediate release, Monday, August 17, 2009
