Civil Rights, Ed. Advocacy Groups Seek Racial Bias Probe of Bright Futures Scholarship Award Formula
for further information: Christina Perez (857) 350-8207 Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for immediate release, Wednesday, December 12, 2001 Civil rights and education advocacy groups from Florida and around the nation are calling on state leaders to address “racial bias” in the formula used to award Bright Futures scholarships. A letter delivered this week to top […]
SAT Scores Not Needed for Fair, Valid College Admissions
for further information: Christina Perez (857) 350-8207 Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for use with annual SAT results, 12 noon EDT, Tuesday, August 28, 2001 A focus on small, annual changes in SAT average scores deflects attention from more important questions about the role of the test in college admissions, according to the National Center for […]
GMAT Scoring Error Hurt A Thousand Business School Applicants; Test-Takers Were Not Told of Mistake for Ten Months
for further information: Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 or Monty Neill (857) 350-8207 for immediate release, Friday, May 25, 2001 Nearly one thousand recent business school applicants from across the nation had their chances for acceptance damaged by scoring errors on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), according to FairTest, the National Center for Fair & […]
College Board Challenged to End "Blatant Hypocrisy" by Cracking Down on SAT Misuses, Including Its Own Handbook
for further information: Christina Perez (857) 350-8207 or Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for publication/broadcast on or after Tuesday, June 5, 2001 The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) today called on College Board President Gaston Caperton to “eliminate contradictions between your public statements and the practices of the company you head” by cracking […]
The ACT: A Different Test, Not a Better Test
for further information: Christina Perez (857) 350-8207 Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for immediate release, Tuesday, August 14, 2001 As college admissions test manufacturers begin releasing the average scores of this year’s high school graduates, a new fact sheet released by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing demonstrates that the ACT exam shares many […]
Regents Exam Review Panel ELA
Regents Exam Review Panel English Language Arts Report of Proceedings Hosted by Rockefeller Foundation June 7, 2001 A panel of eight writers and university faculty met on June 7, 2001, under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation, to review and discuss the English Language Arts (ELA) Regents exam. As writers and as teachers of college […]
NAEP Reading Scores Show Testing Mania Fails to Improve Learning; Education Quality Undermined for Low-Income, Minority Children
for further information: Monty Neill (857) 350-8207 Bob Schaeffer (941) 395-6773 for immediate release, Friday, April 6, 2001 “The ‘Reading Report Card’ released today provides further evidence that the testing mania sweeping the nation fails to improve school quality and, in fact, damages the education of our most vulnerable children,” said FairTest Executive Director Dr. […]
Boston Parents Say No to the MCAS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, April 9, 2001 CONTACT: Eleanor LeCain (617) 983-3436 or Peggy Wiesenberg (617) 624-5220 (day); (617) 524-5405 (evening) Most students at Mission Hill School in Roxbury will not be taking MCAS tests this week. Parents of 17 of 22 third grade students have asked the school not to administer to their children […]
California Teachers Association Statement – March 2001
The California Teachers Association adopted the following statement at the State Council meeting of March 24-25, 2001. This statement was the work of several Council committees and was adopted with the support of the executive officers. The three paragraphs of rationale are all based on existing CTA policy. The thirteen bullets lay out a legislative […]
Black Oak Mine Teachers Association Statement on Assessment and Testing
For those of you who are collecting resolutions and statements regarding high-stakes testing–The following policy was adopted unanimously by the members of the Black Oak Mine Teachers Association on May 9, 2001. BOMTA represents 107 teachers in the Black Oak Mine Unified School District in El Dorado County, California. Statement on Assessment and Testing The […]