College Board’s AP-botch Lawsuit: No “PR Stunt”
On May 19, 2020, the National Center for Fair and Open Testing (“Fairtest”) and several individuals filed suit against the College Board, Educational Testing Service (ETS), and 50 individuals in a “nationwide and California class action complaint” related to College Board’s et al. botching of the 2020 administration of its Advanced Placement (AP) tests.
Via 13 “claims for relief,” including violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, gross negligence, unjust enrichment, and false advertising, Plaintiffs seek “compensatory damages in an amount that exceeds $500 million, with
the exact amount to be proven at trial.”
the exact amount to be proven at trial.”
Washington Post reporting on the suit includes a response from Peter Schwartz, College Board chief risk officer and general counsel, calling the suit “a PR stunt masquerading as a legal complaint manufactured by an opportunistic organization that prioritizes media coverage for itself.”
In 2017-18, so-called “opportunistic” Fairtest reported an end-of-year fund balance of $17,551. Director Robert Shaeffer was paid $76K, and former executive director, Monty Neill, $91K, in total compensation.
In contrast, in 2018, Schwartz was paid $550K in total compensation as the chief lawyer for an educational testing nonprofit with an end-of-year fund balance of $1.1B and that paid its CEO/president David Coleman $1.8M in total compensation.
Now that’s *opportunity.*
As for “media coverage for itself”: In 2018, College Board dropped a cool $4.3M CONTINUE READING: College Board’s AP-botch Lawsuit: No “PR Stunt” | deutsch29