National Center for Fair and Open Testing
About Us
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) advances quality education and equal opportunity by promoting fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial evaluations of students, teachers and schools. FairTest also works to end the misuses and flaws of testing practices that impede those goals.
Contact Information
FairTest
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Cambridge, MA 02139
Telephone: 617-864-4810
Fax: 617-497-2224
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Articles by National Center for Fair and Open Testing
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The Limits of Standardized Tests for Diagnosing and Assisting Student Learning
Standardized tests have historically been used as measures of how students compare with each other (norm-referenced) or...
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Norm-Referenced Achievement Tests
Human beings make tests. They decide what topics to include on the test, what kinds of questions to ask, and what the...
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Criterion and Standards-Referenced Tests
Criterion-referenced tests (CRTs) are intended to measure how well a person has learned a specific body of knowledge...
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Multiple-Choice Tests
A multiple-choice test usually has dozens of questions or "items." For each question, the test- taker is supposed to...
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Will More Testing Improve Schools?
Across the nation, states and districts have greatly expanded the use of standardized tests to hold schools and...
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Reality-Testing NCLB
Proponents of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law have charged critics with creating "myths" about the law and...
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How Standardized Testing Damages Education
How do schools use standardized tests? Despite their biases, inaccuracies, limited ability to measure achievement or...
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The Dangerous Consequences of High-Stakes Standardized Testing
Tests are called "high-stakes" when they used to make major decisions about a student, such as high school graduation or...
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Ten Myths About the SAT
1. The SAT gives all students an equal shot at college admission. Because of the way the test is constructed, its...
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