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FairTest submitted a comment in response to the U.S. Education Department's Proposed Priorities for the Teacher Incentive Fund. Find it here.

TESTIMONY OF ROBERT A. SCHAEFFER
NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING (FAIRTEST)
IN FAVOR OF REP. JOHN STASIK'S SUBSTITUTE FOR H. 1159
BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
JUNE 15, 1999

The Forum on Educational Accountability has published a public letter: What Should Congress Do About Teacher Evaluation? A Public Letter from the Forum on Educational Accountability.(PDF)

See Monty Neill's second written testimony to Mass Bd of Ed on teacher evaluation

See Monty Neill's second written testimony to Mass Bd of Ed on teacher evaluation

Flawed Massachusetts Teacher Evaluation Proposal Risks Further Damage to Teaching and Learning By the Massachusetts Working Group on Teacher Evaluation of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing

Full Report

2 Page Executive Summary

• For more information about teacher evaluation please see our new Teacher Page.

FairTest and allies testified to Mass Board of Education against
proposed educator evaluation proposals; their spoken comments are here.

Student Test Scores: An Inaccurate Way to Judge Teachers (PDF)

Testimony to Mass Board of Education against using
student scores to judge teachers.

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.