Education Week: March 19, 2008: Spellings, On Tour Seeks to Promote NCLB
FairTest is quoted in the following story: http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Few%2Fcontributors%2Fdavid.hoff.html&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Few%2Farticles%2F2008%2F03%2F19%2F28spellings.h27.html&levelId=2100&baddebt=false (note: EdWeek link locations often change. If the link above is dead consider searching the EdWeek site by the story title)
3/17/08 Inside Higher Ed: SAT Subject Tests Face New Scrutiny
FairTest is quoted in this story from Inside Higher Ed. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/17/uc
Testimony of FairTest's Monty Neill to the Maryland Joint Committee on Education/Ways and Means
for immediate release, Monday, March 17, 2008 MD. LEGISLATORS URGED TO BAR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TESTS; REFORM LEADERS TESTIFY “EXIT EXAMS CREATE MORE HARM THAN GOOD,” FAIL TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), the country’s leading assessment reform organization, today called on Maryland legislators […]
Summary of Proposed Legislative Changes to ESEA/NCLB Press Release
Forum on Educational Accountability Summary of Proposed Legislative Changes to ESEA/NCLB March 2007 The current version of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), called “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) needs fundamental change. The Forum on Educational Accountability (FEA) has submitted legislative language to the U.S. House and Senate Education Committees based on the […]
EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, DISABILITY, RELIGIOUS GROUPS PROMOTE "REDEFINING ACCOUNTABILITY" TO REPLACE "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" FOCU
Forum on Educational Accountability for further information: Sara Robertson (202) 230-8978 Robert Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 Dr. Monty Neill (617) 335-2115 EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS, DISABILITY, RELIGIOUS GROUPS PROMOTE “REDEFINING ACCOUNTABILITY” TO REPLACE “NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND” FOCUS ON TESTS AND SANCTIONS; CALL FOR IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING BY BUILDING CAPACITY Leaders of national education, civil rights, religious, […]
Summary of Proposed Legislative Changes to ESEA/NCLB
Forum on Educational Accountability March 2007 The current version of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), called “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB), needs fundamental change. The Forum on Educational Accountability (FEA) has submitted legislative language based on the Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB to the U.S. House and Senate Education Committees that would […]
?No Child Left Behind? After Six Years: An Escalating Track Record of Failure
After six years, there is overwhelming evidence that the deeply flawed “No Child Left Behind” law (NCLB) is doing more harm than good in our nation’s public schools. NCLB’s test-and-punish approach to school reform relies on limited, one-size-fits-all tools that reduce education to little more than test prep. It produces unfair decisions and requires unproven, […]
AYP Problems and Solutions Report
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Letter sent to Maryland January 2008
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The State of Teacher Education in California
4/21/04 v.4.4 The State of Teacher Education in California A Report to Faculty, Students, and the Public Over the last two decades federal and state laws and regulations were enacted ostensibly to improve academic standards, extend educational opportunity, and raise the quality of public schools and teacher education. These laws are not only failing to […]