Student Test Scores: An Inaccurate Way to Judge Teachers
Student Test Scores: An Inaccurate Way to Judge Teachers (PDF) Attachment Size Student_Test_Scores_dangerous_way_to_evaluate_teachers_-_4-24-11.pdf 327.53 KB
Testimony to Mass Board of Education against using student scores to judge teachers.
Testimony to Mass Board of Education against using student scores to judge teachers. Attachment Size MN_testimony_to_MA_BESE_4-27-11.pdf 319.58 KB
Webinar May 9 on Forum on Educational Accountability recommendations for ESEA reauthorization
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Poll on NCLB: Americans Want a Useful Overhaul of Education Policy.
Poll on NCLB: Americans Want a Useful Overhaul of Education Policy” by Monty Neill was published the March/April 2011 issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner. See the articlehere. Attachment Size YoungLearner2011[1].pdf 55.67 KB
Position Paper on NCLB and the School to Prison Pipeline
FairTest and five other organizations have issued a paper, Federal Policy, ESEA and the School to Prison Pipeline. It looks at testing, school climate and ‘zero tolerance’ discipline policies as causes of the Pipeline, and makes recommendations on assessment, accountability, discipline and student re-entry to schools. The link to the paper is below, along with […]
FairTest Press Release on 2011 State of the Union Speech
FairTest urges President Obama to use State of the Union address to overhaul education policy, rely on research and evidence, not ideology, cut mandated testing and improve assessment. See the full news release. Attachment Size NCLB_Overhaul_State_of_the_Union_Release_Jan_2011_Final.pdf 127.7 KB
Racial Justice and Standardized Educational Testing
New FairTest Fact Sheet “Racial Justice and Standardized Educational Testing” in PDF Attachment Size racial_justice_and_testing_12-10.pdf 170.94 KB
FairTest is moving!
FairTest is moving! Our new phone, effective Dec 31, 2010, will be 617- 477-9792. Our new mailing address is: FairTest, P.O. Box 300204, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. Our email remains the same: fairtest@fairtest.org.
Comprehensive School Quality Reviews
Comprehensive School Quality Reviews: FairTest has collaborated with Coalition for Effective Schools on a Working Paper (PDF) and a Summary (PDF) of a Review system. Attachment Size SQR-inspectorate-_working_paper_2_summary_draft.pdf 20 KB SQR-Inspectorate_working_paper_2.pdf 81.26 KB
Fact Sheet: A Better Way to Evaluate Schools (PDF)
“A Better Way to Evaluate Schools” outlines a 3-part school evaluation system – school quality reviews, limited standardized testing, plus school-based and local evidence. Attachment Size better-ways-to-assess-fact-sheet.pdf 119.47 KB