National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest): Reaction to Pres. Bush’s State-of-the-Union Call for 'No Child Left Behind' Renewal


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2008 2:03 PM	CONTACT: National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest) Dr. Monty Neill (617) 864-4810 or Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773

Reaction to Pres. Bush’s State-of-the-Union Call for 'No Child Left Behind' Renewal

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - January 28 - “President Bush’s diehard commitment to renewing the flawed ‘No Child Left Behind’ (NCLB) law reflects a triumph of blind faith over classroom realities,” said Dr. Monty Neill, Executive Director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest). “The truth is that the pace of educational improvement across the country has slowed since NCLB passed, according to the federal government’s own National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NCLB is forcing many schools to become test prep factories. That has not improved school quality." FairTest initiated the Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB, a set of principles for overhauling the federal law which has been signed by 142 national education, civil rights, religious, parent, disability, civic and labor groups. FairTest also facilitates the Forum on Educational Assessment, which works to implement the Joint Statement. The Joint Statement and other materials concerning NCLB, including FairTest’s six-year “Report Card” on the law’s impact, are online at: http://www.fairtest.org ###

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