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School Beat: FairTest speaks out on Race to the Top testing
- 12-03-2009
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By Monty Neill/Beyond Chron
Editor’s Note: Today’s column, reprinted with permission, is the oral testimony of Monty Neill, Interim Executive Director of FairTest, on the 'general assessment' component of the Department of Education's Race to the Top proposal to spend $350 million for assessments based on the forthcoming 'common standards.' Thank you. My name is Monty Neill and I am the Interim Executive Director of FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. Before the nation can successfully implement better assessment practices, it must first reject the incorrect assumptions and flawed logic of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). To ensure effective education reform, including high-quality assessment, the Administration must overhaul NCLB, its draft requirements for Race to the Top (RTTT), and the "Assessment Program Design" to which we are responding today. (more...)
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