Empowering Schools and Improving Learning
A Joint Organizational Statement on the Federal Role in Public Schooling Vision of Public Education All children deserve the opportunity to succeed in high quality public schools. High quality public schools are schools where students and adults form active communities of learners, evidenced by a culture that is both supportive and challenging. They attend to […]
NAEP RESULTS PRODUCE MORE EVIDENCE OF NCLB'S FAILURE
Contact Monty Neill 857-350-8207 or 8208 x 101 Lisa Guisbond 617-730-5445 for immediate release, April 28, 2009 *NAEP RESULTS PRODUCE MORE EVIDENCE OF NCLB’S FAILURE; * *THOROUGH OVERHAUL OF FEDERAL LAW AN IMPERATIVE FOR * *OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS * Despite billions of dollars spent on a test-and-punish approach to school “reform,” today’s National Assessment […]
Join FairTest in honoring Deborah Meier.
PLEASE JOIN FAIRTEST TO HONOR DEBORAH W. MEIER AND CELEBRATE THE CREATION OF THE DEBORAH W. MEIER AWARD FOR HEROES IN EDUCATION THURSDAY, 4 JUNE 2009 6 – 8:30pm THE URBAN ACADEMY AT THE JULIA RICHMAN EDUCATION COMPLEX 317 EAST 67 STREET NEW YORK Guest Speaker: Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, CUNY Presentation […]
Should NCLB cause most schools to Fail?
See the PDF Fact sheet at http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/AYPproblemandSolution091807.pdf
FairTest Letter to the Editor in the Washington Times.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Test scores do not equal merit Thursday, February 26, 2009 Columnist Ken Blackwell correctly identifies FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, as the country’s leading organization seeking to “end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing.” (“Equal opportunities … not outcomes,” Op-Ed, Friday). However, he then distorts our assessment […]
Questions for Arne Duncan, Nominee for Secretary of Education
These are questions FairTest believes should be asked of Arne Duncan at his confirmation hearing for Secretary of Education, to be held before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Tuesday, January 13. 1. During the campaign, President-elect Obama said, “We should not be forced to spend the academic year preparing students […]
Open Letter to President-elect Obama on 7th Anniversary of NCLB
Open Letter to President-elect Obama On the 7th Anniversary of the “No Child Left Behind” Law “Keep Your Promises to Fix NCLB” January 7, 2009 Dear President-elect Obama: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) congratulates you on your historic victory and endorses your message of uniting all Americans to work for positive […]
President-Elect Barack Obama on No Child Left Behind
During the presidential campaign, FairTest paid close attention to the candidates whenever they addressed No Child Left Behind. It will be some time before President-Elect Barack Obama takes action that will flesh out the mostly vague statements he made while campaigning, and even longer before anything specific happens with the federal education law. In the […]
New FairTest Fact Sheets
FairTest has produced two new fact sheets: “Confronting the Myths of No Child Left Behind” link and “The Proper Use of End-of-Course Exams in Determining High School Graduation.” Link Both are available on the FairTest website and can be used by testing reform advocates either as is or by adapting them to their local situation […]
Confronting the Myths of No Child Left Behind
Supporters of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law use many arguments to defend the controversial law. The strongest-sounding arguments have little to do with the law’s actual provisions, while others are simply false. We have prepared this fact sheet to help people reply to the various claims made in defense of NCLB; sort, […]