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January 2007 Executive Summary Download a print formated PDF of this executive summary. Download a print formated PDF of the complete report. Public education in the U.S. faces a critical choice. We can continue to follow the path of punishment and privatization promoted by business and political interests and enshrined in No Child Left Behind […]

for further information: Dr. Monty Neill (857) 350-8207 Julie Woestehoff (312) 491-9101 for immediate release — Thursday, January 18, 2007 “Reforms” Touted in “Chicago Miracle” Lack Success; Schools with Locally-initiated Strategies Produce More Learning A report released today challenges key strategies of the federal No Child Left Behind law by demonstrating that similar initiatives in […]

for further information: Dr. Monty Neill (857) 350-8207 Julie Woestehoff (312) 491-9101 for immediate release — Thursday, January 18, 2007 NEW REPORT CHALLENGES STRATEGIES PROMOTED BY CHICAGO SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND “NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND” “Reforms” Touted in “Chicago Miracle” Lack Success; Schools with Locally-initiated Strategies Produce More Learning A report released today challenges key strategies […]

FairTest Press Release for further information: CONTACT: Monty Neill, Executive Director, FairTest, (857) 350-8207 or email monty@fairtest.org Lisa Guisbond, K-12 Test Reform Analyst, FairTest, 617-730-5445, or email lisa.guisbond@verizon.net395-6773 NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAIR & OPEN TESTING STUDY SHOWS “TROUBLING” MINORITY H.S. GRADUATION PROBLEM IN MASSACHUSETTS “No Child Left Behind” Seen As Complicating the Problem CAMBRIDGE, MA […]

for immediate release, Tuesday, August 29, 2006 This year’s seven point decline in average SAT scores combined with a drop in the number of students taking that admissions exam add to the mounting credibility problems faced by the test’s sponsor, the College Board, according to assessment reform advocates at the National Center for Fair & […]

for further information: Dr. Monty Neill (857) 350-8207 or Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 for release with Gallup/PDK poll – embargoed until 12:01am, Tuesday, August 28, 2007 A major, annual poll released today demonstrates that the public increasingly supports a fundamental overhaul of the controversial “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) law, according to the Forum on […]

for further information, contact: Robert Schaeffer (239) 305-6773 cell (239) 699-0468 For immediate release, Wednesday, September 6, 2006 Last week, the sponsor of the SAT college admissions exam claimed that a seven point average score decline, the largest drop in 31 years, was caused by a reduction in the number of high school seniors who […]

The Summer 2006 Issue of the quarterly National Crosstalk features a lengthy cover profile of FairTest titled, “A Contrarian View of the Testing Industry,” which accurately describes FairTest’s situation. http://www.highereducation.org/crosstalk/ct0306/news0306-fairtest.shtml

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 cell: (239) 699-0468 for immediate release, Tuesday, July 11, 2006 The country’s leading assessment reform organization today applauded the New York State Senate Committee on Higher Education for serving the College Board with a subpoena for a consultant’s report analyzing the recent SAT scoring error. More than 4,500 […]

MAY 2, 2006 Good morning. I am Robert Schaeffer, Public Education Director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing based in Cambridge Massachusetts. FairTest, as the organization is popularly known, was founded in 1985 by leaders of major civil rights, education reform and student activist groups to serve as a non-profit monitor of […]