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For further information:Dr. Monty Neill (857) 350-8207Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 President George Bush’s State of the Union proposals to escalate the failing test-and-punish strategy of the “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) law, as outlined by a White House policy memo (http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2007/initiatives/print/education.html), rest on misinformation and ideologically skewed assumptions, not evidence. Pres. Bush wants to continue […]

Date: July 11, 2007 From: Monty Neill, Co-Executive Director, National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest); Chair, Forum on Educational Accountability (FEA) To: House education staff Re: Chairman Miller’s letter on NCLB to first year members of Congress The education, civil rights and other organizations that have signed the Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB […]

Total Test-Takers: 1,260,278, of whom 53.7% are female Verbal Math Total Ethnic Group American Indian or Alaskan Native 482 481 963 Asian,Asian Amer., or Pacific Islander 499 565 1064 African American or Black 434 426 860 Mexican or Mexican American 453 460 913 Puerto Rican 456 451 907 Other Hispanic or Latino 461 467 928 […]

Approximately 1.27 million test-takers, of whom 53.6% are female Verbal Math Total Ethnic Group Amer. Indian or Alaskan Native 481 479 960 Asian,Asian Amer., orPacific Islander 501 566 1067 African American or Black 433 426 859 Mexican or Mexican American 451 458 909 Puerto Rican 457 451 908 Other Hispanic or Latino 460 465 925 […]

Approximately 1.19 million test takers, of whom 56% were female COMPOSITE SCORE GENDER Female 20.9 Male 21.1 ETHNICITY American Indian or Alaskan Native 18.7 Asian-American or Pacific Islander 22.1 African-American or Black 17.0 Mexican-American, Chicano, Latino 18.4 Puerto Rican, Cuban, Other Hispanic 18.9 Caucasian-American, White 21.9 Multiracial 20.9 Other 19.4 Prefer Not to Respond (3%) […]

Approximately 1.48 million test takers, of whom 53.0% were female VERBAL MATH TOTAL GENDER Female 505 504 1009 Male 513 538 1051 ETHNICITY Amer. Indian or Alaskan Native 489 493 982 Asian, Asian Amer./Pacific Islander 511 580 1091 African American or Black 433 431 864 Mexican or Mexican American 453 463 916 Puerto Rican 460 […]

September 5, 2006 Gaston Caperton, PresidentThe College Board 45 Columbus AvenueNew York, New York 10023 via overnight delivery Dear Governor Caperton: At last week’s National Press Club presentation of College Bound Seniors 2006 SAT results, considerable attention was focused on a seven point score decline, the largest drop in 31 years. The Board’s news release […]

Approximately 1.47 million test takers, of whom 53.6% were female CRITICAL READING MATH WRITING TOTAL GENDER Female 502 502 502 1506 Male 505 536 491 1532 ETHNICITY Amer. Indian or Alaskan Native 487 494 474 1455 Asian, Asian Amer. or Pacific Islander 510 578 512 1600 African American or Black 434 429 428 1291 Mexican […]

Results from the first high school class that took the “new” SAT will be released on Tuesday, August 29. Because of controversies about the revised exam – including its extended length, higher cost, scoring errors, and the value of its “writing” section (see http://www.fairtest.org for background on these issues) – score trends will be closely […]

2007 COLLEGE BOUND SENIORS AVERAGE ACT SCORES Approximately 1.3 million test takers COMPOSITE SCORE 2006-2007 CHANGE GENDER Female 21.0 0.0 Male 21.2 0.0 ETHNICITY African-American or Black 17.0 -0.1 American Indian or Alaskan Native 18.9 +0.1 Asian-American or Pacific Islander 22.6 +0.3 Caucasian-American, White 22.1 +0.1 Hispanic 18.7 +0.1 Other/No Response (14%) 21.6 +0.5 ALL […]