Should NCLB cause most schools to Fail?
See the PDF Fact sheet at http://www.fairtest.org/sites/default/files/AYPproblemandSolution091807.pdf
Selected Annotated Bibliography on Language Minority Assessment
1995 Ascher, C. “Testing Bilingual Students: Do We Speak the Same Language?” PTA Today (March 1991, pp. 7-9). Discusses cultural and linguistic bias issues in bilingual testing, options for administering tests to bilingual students, and problems associated with these options. Includes a short description of an alternative, “dynamic assessment.” Ascher, C. Assessing Bilingual Students for […]
Selected Annotated Bibliography on Language Minority Assessment
1995 Ascher, C. “Testing Bilingual Students: Do We Speak the Same Language?” PTA Today (March 1991, pp. 7-9). Discusses cultural and linguistic bias issues in bilingual testing, options for administering tests to bilingual students, and problems associated with these options. Includes a short description of an alternative, “dynamic assessment.” Ascher, C. Assessing Bilingual Students for […]
Racial Impact of Testing
Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing High-stakes testing and zero-tolerance programs continue to block minority students’ access to educational opportunities in schools across the nation according to a recent report by the Applied Research Center (ARC) of Oakland, California. Based on evidence gathered from a variety of local and national education advocates and projects, Racial Profiling […]
Keep up the Pressure for Real NCLB Reform!
July 31, 2007 Your calls and letters urging a comprehensive overhaul of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)/No Child Left Behind (NCLB) are having a major impact! So far, we’ve blocked efforts to push through an inadequate bill. But supporters of the current law are still working to stop fundamental reform. We have […]
North Carolina Lawmakers Alter Testing Plan
Status: Archived Subject: Teacher & Employment Testing Thanks to a last-minute reworking of North Carolina’s year-old K-12 accountability law, teachers at the state’s “lowest-performing” schools did not have to take a controversial competency exam this year. Before the Excellent Schools Act was amended, teachers, principals and counselors from 15 schools — all with overwhelmingly low-income […]
New Reports, Articles and Fact Sheets
Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing FairTest Examiner, May 2011 Over the past several months, FairTest has published new reports, articles and fact sheets covering a range of testing issues, including the “school to prison pipeline,” racial justice issues, the 2010 SAT and ACT score releases, implications for NCLB of slowing gains and widening gaps on […]
New Report Shows MCAS Will Block College Access for Thousands of Students
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 […]
National Testing Resumes in Britain
Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing After being blocked for two years by a teacher boycott, national exams have been introduced in England and Wales. Though the tests now face little organized opposition, critics continue to argue that the exams are harmful to good instructional practice and thus to student learning. (Teacher resistance led Scotland to […]
NY Times Reignites Debate on Class and School Achievement
Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing The New York Times’ Diana Jean Schemo recently wrote about the factors outside of school that affect student achievement, citing Class and Schools author and former New York Times education columnist Richard Rothstein on what it would take to close achievement gaps (see Examiner, Summer 2004) The Fordham Institute’s Chester […]