Author: FairTest

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 cell (239) 699-0468 for immediate release Saturday, October 24, 2015 GRASSROOTS ASSESSMENT REFORM MOVEMENT REACTS TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STATEMENT, SCHOOL CHIEFS SURVEY ON STANDARDIZED TESTING OVERKILL The Obama Administration’s weekend statement calling for “fewer and smarter” tests “belatedly admits that high-stakes exams are out of control in U.S. […]

See this guide to organizing by Jeanette Deutermann, leader of the hugely successful Long Island Opt Out. Attachment Size GrowResistancetoCorporateEdReform.pdf 168.75 KB

for further information: Lisa Guisbond (617) 959-2371Dr. Monty Neill (617) 477-9792Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 for immediate release, Thursday, October 8, 2015 CALIFORNIA SUSPENDS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TEST, MAKING 30,000+ YOUNG PEOPLE ELIGIBLE FOR RETROACTIVE DIPLOMAS;JOINS NATIONAL TREND OF STATES REPEALING EXIT EXAMS Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation suspending California’s requirement that students pass a […]

Note: “The state-by-state cut-off scores listed here are for the high school class graduating in2016. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has not yet set state minimum scores for Semifinalist qualification for high school class of 2017 students, who took the revised PSAT in October 2015.” for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 cell (239) 699-0468 […]

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 […]

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 mobile (239) 699-0468 for release with annual SAT scores – embargoed until 12:01am Thursday, September 3, 2015 SAT “COLLEGE READINESS” SCORES DECLINE AGAINDEMONSTRATING FAILURE OF TEST-DRIVEN K-12 SCHOOLING;MANY MORE COLLEGES IGNORE SAT/ACT EXAM RESULTSAS TEST-OPTIONAL ADMISSIONS MOVEMENT SURGES SAT scores for high school seniors dropped again this year […]

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 mobile (239) 699-0468 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 The country’s leading assessment reform group today called on Florida to suspend all high-stakes educational decisions […]

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773cell (239) 699-0468 for use with annual ACT scores August 2015 FIVE YEARS OF FLAT ACT SCORES SHOW TEST-AND-PUNISH POLICIESFAILED TO IMPROVE AVERAGE COLLEGE READINESSOR SIGNIFICANTLY NARROW RACIAL GAPS Five consecutive years of stagnant results on the ACT, the nation’s most widely used college admissions exam, further demonstrate the […]

for further information: Dr. Monty Neill (617) 477-9792Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 for immediate release, Monday, August 24, 2015 NEW POLL: U.S. PUBLIC STRONGLY BACKS ASSESSMENT REFORM MOVEMENT,REJECTS TEST-AND-PUNISH POLICIESFAIRTEST REACTION TO 2015 ANNUAL GALLUP/PHI DELTA KAPPAN SURVEY An in-depth public opinion poll released this morning concludes that Americans strongly oppose rating students, teachers and schools […]

Take action now to make sure a new federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is the best possible replacement of “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB). Diehard test-and-punish proponents are still pushing to insert destructive “NCLB-lite” accountability provisions into a compromise bill. We need to stop that threat in its tracks! The House and Senate […]