Author: FairTest

Education requires our support John Scudder Arizona Republic Sept. 10, 2003 12:00 AM Oh, no! The fill-in-the-blank test scores have been released, and a huge percentage of the children failed. What will we do? Who will we blame? The entire education system is a failure. The sky is falling! Unfortunately, this predictable reaction is surrounding […]

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 for immediate release, Monday, June 23, 2003 The U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the University of Michigan’s law school and undergraduate admissions policies should, “encourage even more colleges and universities to de-emphasize standardized test scores in evaluating applicants,” according to FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open […]

Press Release for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 Beth Beard (857) 350-8207 for use after 12:01am, Wednesday, October 8, 2003 As high school students across the country sharpen their Number 2 pencils for the academic year’s first national administrations of the SAT and ACT, a new list published by the National Center for Fair […]

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 or Beth Beard (857) 350-8207 for use along with annual SAT score release, August 26, 2003 The growing gender gap and widening score differences between White test-takers and those from most underserved minority groups means that continued reliance on SAT scores will increasingly undermine many colleges’ efforts to […]

“The College Board’s annual promotion of meaningless changes in SAT scores is a ‘red herring,’ which diverts focus from the exam’s fundamental flaws and the growing number of schools which have stopped requiring the test,” according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest). “One or two point, year-to-year shifts are far less […]

for further information: Robert Schaeffer, FairTest (239) 395-6773 for immediate release Monday, May 4, 2003 The Princeton Review test coaching company’s rankings of state accountability systems, released today as Testing the Testers 2003, are no more accurate and honest than Arthur Anderson’s highly flawed and misleading audits of the Enron Corporation. Both supposedly “neutral” rating […]

for further information: Robert Schaeffer, FairTest (239) 395-6773 Mark Savage, Public Advocates (415) 431-7430 for immediate release Tuesday, February 25, 2003 Among the dozens of Amicus Curiae Briefs submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court for consideration in its deliberation of the University of Michigan affirmative action cases, only one directly takes on the plaintiffs’ core […]

for further information: Christina Perez (857) 350-8207 Monty Neill (857) 350-8207 for immediate release, Wednesday October 16, 2002 For the text of the report click here. According to a new report released by the Coalition for Authentic Reform in Education (CARE) and the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest), thousands of students in […]

for further information: Karen Hartke (857) 350-8207 Sumner Kaplan (617) 457-8888 for immediate release Tuesday, May 28, 2002 A loud chorus of opposition from education experts, teachers, parents, college administrators and others from across the Commonwealth resulted in state Commissioner of Education David Driscoll withdrawing his motion to the Board of Education that high school […]

for further information: Christina Perez (857) 350-8207 Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for immediate release, Thursday, July 25, 2002 The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, violates national guidelines for proper test score use by requiring high school students to meet minimum SAT or ACT score requirements before an application will be considered. This policy “may […]