What does FairTest stand for?

National Center for Fair and Open Testing

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The announcement met with mixed reactions that included criticism from the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, as well as reports from schools slated to pilot the test that parental interest in the new test was very high.

Raising student achievement

The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest.

The race worth running

That trend is only likely to continue, said SAT critic Bob Schaeffer of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, who called the new three-part SAT a "flop.

SAT scores stay at lowest level in nearly a decade

As Monty Neill, the associate director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, put it, "You don't fatten cattle by weighing them more often, and you don't improve student learning by giving more low-quality tests.

Forging a political agenda in good economic times

Graduation tests may represent the final obstacle that causes struggling students to drop out of school, hypothesizes Monty Neill, executive director of The National Center for Fair and Open Testing.

Graduation exams under the microscope

When excessively heavy weight is given to tests, all kinds of behaviors that corrupt the meaning of the test take place," said Robert Schaeffer of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, a watchdog group.

State finds schools broke WASL protocols

In the quest to test more cheaply and quickly, teachers will drill kids on formulaic writing to get high scores, but not the kind of written communication that they'll need in college and in lithe," says Robert Schaeffer, a spokesman for National Center for Fair and Open Testing, an advocacy group based in Cambridge, Mass.

Robot graders

Preparing students for testing includes a wide spectrum of activities, some legitimate, some not, said Monty Neill with the National Center for Fair and Open Testing in Cambridge, Mass.

TEST-SCORE RISE TO BE PROBED AT T.T. MINOR