College Board vs. FairTest
The College Board did not like a guest post that I published last Friday by Bob Schaeffer, public education director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, or FairTest, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending what it says are misuses and flaws in standardized testing. The College Board is a not-for-profit membership association whose mission is to connect students to college success and opportunity. Among its best-known programs are the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT and the Advanced Placement program. Schaeffer’s post is titled “How the ACT caught up with the SAT,” and it gives some history of the two college entrance exams. The College Board took issue with this piece and sent me the following response. After that, Schaeffer responds to the College Board. College Board Response As a not-for-profit education organization and the maker of the SAT®, the College Board takes exception to ... the column by Bob
