Multiple Measures: A Definition and Examples from the U.S. and Other Nations
“Multiple Measures: A Definition and Examples from the U.S. and Other Nations.” Includes a 2-page summary, 10 pp of text, and 2 appendices. Attachment Size MultipleMeasures.pdf 320.45 KB
FEA Recommendations for Improving ESEA/NCLB – Summary and Full
FEA’s two-page summary of its recommendations on the reauthorization of ESEA is here.(PDF) FEA’s complete recommendations, submitted to the Senate HELP committee, is here.(PDF)
FairTest is now on Facebook and Twitter!
Come follow FairTest on Facebook and Twitter! Keep up with the latest news on Assessment, the “No Child Left Behind” reauthorization, and Test Score Optional Admissions. FairTest is on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/FairTest/18387767859 (click “Like”); and you can follow us on Twitter at @fairtestoffice. As always, remember that FairTest counts on the support of people like […]
Testing, Discipline and the School to Prison Pipeline
FairTest and Advancement Project co-sponsored a webinar on testing, discipline and the school-to-prison pipeline. Check out the powerpoint presentation from the webinar here. Watch a film of the Webinar here. Also – see the FairTest fact sheet on the issue here. Attachment Size webinar pipeline ppt.pdf 850.21 KB
FEA Recommendations for Improving ESEA/NCLB
FEA’s revised 2011 two-page summary of its recommendations on the reauthorization of ESEA is here. Attachment Size FEA_2_Page_Summary_Recommendations_2011_final.pdf 122.02 KB
FairTest in the News – April 2010
4/9/10: FairTest had a featured contribution in the popular Washington Post blog ‘”The Answer Sheet” — http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/guest-bloggers/obama-ed-bl… Friday, 4/2/10, FairTest had a long letter-to-the-editor that ran across the top of the USA Today editorial page — http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/04/letters-testandpunish-system-is-i… And, the previous day, the New York Times also published a FairTest LTE: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/opinion/lweb01test.html
How Testing Feeds the School-to-Prison Pipeline
(note: this fact sheet is available for download as a print-formatted PDF file) Zero tolerance discipline and high-stakes testing policies have similar philosophical underpinnings and similar destructive results. Both stem from a 1980s movement to impose more punitive policies in both criminal justice and public education. Together, they have helped turn schools into hostile environments […]
Recommendations for Overhauling ESEA/NCLB
The Forum on Educational Accountability has released its 2010 recommendations for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), currently named “No Child Left Behind.” FEA prepared this summary of the recommendations. (PDF file) Attachment Size FEAreauthgoalssummary4-10.pdf 97.31 KB
FairTest is There
When colleges decide to move away from reliance on standardized exams and look for fairer, more accurate ways to evaluate applicants. . . . FairTest is there leading the national movement for test-optional admissions, which now includes nearly 850 accredited, bachelor-degree granting schools. When Barack Obama pushes to use discredited high-stakes tests to determine teacher […]
Congress Needs a Different ESEA Blueprint
By Monty Neill, Interim Executive Director This was posted on the National Journal blog at http://education.nationaljournal.com/2010/03/sizing-up-the-new-blueprint… The Obama Administration’s “Blueprint for Reform” continues to rely far too heavily on standardized tests to control schools and define learning. As a result, it provides far too little reform of the discredited No Child Left Behind law (NCLB). […]