FairTest: What to Look for in the 2008 SAT Score Report
for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 cell: (239) 699-0468 for immediate release, Thursday, August 21, 2008 WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN NEXT TUESDAY’S SAT SCORE REPORT On Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 10am EDT, the College Board is holding a news conference to release average SAT scores from the high school class of 2008. […]
ACT Scores Reaction — A Different Test, Not a Better One
FairTest National Center for Fair & Open Testing for further information: Jesse Mermell: (857) 350-8207 Bob Schaeffer: (239) 395-6773 for use with annual ACT score release — 12:01am Wednesday, August 13, 2008 THE ACT, A DIFFERENT COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TEST BUT NOT NECESSARILY A BETTER ONE The surge in the number of high school seniors taking […]
Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests by Latricia Wilson.
See the story in the July 10 issue of The Nation: Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests (Originally published by WireTap.) by Latricia Wilson. (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080721/latricia) Latricia was profiled in an April 2008 FairTest Examiner story.
Video: "FairTest: You Can't Judge Learning with a Standardized Test"
See the short video FairTest: You can’t judge learning with a standardized test available on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkJlst6vDyY.
Seattle Teacher Refuses to Administer WASL Test to Students
PRESS RELEASE—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEATTLE TEACHER REFUSES TO ADMINISTER WASL TEST TO STUDENTS, CITING MULTIPLE HARMS TEST CAUSES STUDENTS, TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, AND PARENTS Date: April 20, 2008 Contact: Juanita Doyon, Director, Parent Empowerment Network, Spanaway, 253/973-1593 Carl Chew, Seattle Teacher, 206-265-1119 email ctchew@earthlink.net Carl Chew, a 6th grade science teacher at Nathan Eckstein Middle School […]
High Stakes Tests Do Not Improve Student Learning
High Stakes Tests Do Not Improve Student Learning A FairTest Report by Monty Neill, Acting Executive DirectorJanuary 1998 A common assumption of standards and tests-based school reform is that high-stakes testing, such as having to pass an exam for high school graduation, will produce improved learning outcomes. This view is found in the grading formula […]
MA Readiness Project Members Criticize Final Report on MCAS and Assessments; Say MCAS Overhaul is Urgently Needed
For Immediate Release, June 23, 2008 Contact: Lisa Guisbond 617-730-5445, 617-959-2371 (cell) Jim Nehring 978-772-9749 David Krane 617-276-6241 (cell) Ruth Rodriguez-Fay (508) 353-7888 (cell) Trudy Knowles (413) 562-5337 (home) (413) 572-5724 (work) Readiness Project Members Criticize Final Report on MCAS and Assessments; Say MCAS Overhaul is Urgently Needed to address Negative Consequences Members of Governor […]
MA MCAS and Assessment Subcommittee Sees Urgent Need for MCAS Overhaul
The Readiness Project subcommittee charged with reviewing MCAS and assessment expressed an urgent need for substantive change to the current system. To underscore this sense of urgency, the subcommittee’s consensus report echoes Brown v. Board of Education, saying, “In order to move toward important new educational goals, MCAS – as the ‘system’ it was originally […]
FairTest Reacts to the "New" SAT Validity Studies
for further information: Robert Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 or Jesse Mermell (857) 350-8207 for use after College Board June 17, 2008 news conference on “new” SAT validity COLLEGE BOARD REPORTS CONFIRM: “NEW” SAT IS NOT SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER PREDICTOR THAN OLD EXAM, TEST REVISION IGNORED GENDER, RACE, LANGUAGE BIAS CONCERNS; MORE SCHOOLS LIKELY TO DROP ADMISSIONS TESTING […]
Testimony of Lisa Guisbond to the PA Senate Ed. Committee
Testimony of Lisa Guisbond, Policy Analyst for the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) Senate Education Committee Hearing on Proposed Graduation Competency Assessments Pennsylvania General Assembly May 14, 2008 Since its creation in 1985 by leaders of major civil rights, education reform and student advocacy organizations, the National Center for Fair & Open […]