The National Center for Fair & Open Testing
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial.
Spotlight
As part of its 30th anniversary, FairTest will honor Nancy Carlsson-Paige and Lani Guinier with the Deborah W. Meier Heroes in Education Award. The ceremony will be November 11 in Cambridge, MA. For tickets and more information, go to http://www.fairtest.org/FairTest-to-honor-LaniGuinier-and-NancyCarlssonP...
Students from affluent families are greatly over-represented in the lists of high school seniors eligible for National Merit Scholarships released last week, a result of the competition’s reliance on standardized test results, according to data made public today. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) posted National Merit’s previously secret cut-off scores, which vary greatly among states, and a table showing SAT scores by family income.
SAT scores continued a 10-year decline but the number of colleges that do not require admissions tests is soaring.
This fact sheet explains why your school will in most cases not lose money or face sanctions if many students refuse to take the state test.
Now is the time to make sure a new federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is the best possible replacement of “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) that we can win at this time.
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