SAT Problems Even Larger Than Reported
From The New York Times: The College Board disclosed yesterday that the problems resulting from the misscoring of its October SAT examination were larger than it had previously reported. In a...
View ArticleFairTest: No “Pay for Performance” at Testing Companies
From FairTest: Their flagship products, such as the SAT and PRAXIS, are under increasing criticism in the media and the courtroom (see stories, this issue) for poor quality control. But top managers at...
View ArticleNonprofit ACT board’s pay near top in U.S.
From the Des Moines Register: More than $1.2 million in fees paid every year by students, school districts, states and others to ACT Inc. of Iowa City is profiting the nonprofit company’s board of...
View ArticleACT Inc. Board, CEO Paid Higher Than Most Nonprofits
From Diverse Education: The Iowa City-based nonprofit organization that develops ACT college entrance tests pays its board and its top executive more than almost all other nonprofit organizations in...
View ArticleIRS Investigation of Test-Maker Pay Sought
From FairTest: The Attorney General of Iowa has asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to investigate the high fees ACT Inc., a non-profit corporation, pays its board members and officers. The...
View ArticleBBC News: MPs criticise testing ‘shambles’
From the BBC: Concerns about the administration of this year’s school tests in England have prompted a call for payment to be withheld from the test contractor, ETS.
View ArticleThe Guardian: A history of exam failures
From The Guardian: Over the past month ETS Europe has not only been handling the biggest crisis in Sats history but also one of the toughest recruitment jobs in finding a new marking director. Senior...
View ArticleCollege Board Leader Paid More Than Harvard’s
From Bloomberg: The president of the College Board, the nonprofit owner of the SAT entrance exam, has seen his compensation triple since 1999 and now gets more than the head of the American Red Cross,...
View ArticleSATs Are Cheating Students, Not the Other Way Around
From Policy Mic: Eliminating this stressful, and quite frankly, painful process would help students see the road to college in a different light. Rather than focusing on the immense pressures and...
View ArticleWhy the GRE Must Go: The Tyranny of Standardized Testing
From The Minaret: Simply, the biggest problem with tests like the GRE is that one cannot challenge the validity of the test itself. Instead, the test-taker must work within the established rules of the...
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