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Dr.
Monty Neill, Ed.D.
Monty Neill, Ed.D., is currently Director of the
National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest). He has
led FairTest's work on testing in the public schools since 1987.
He has initiated national and state coalitions of education, civil
rights, religious and parent organizations to work toward fundamental
change in the assessment of students and in accountability. He
currently chairs The Forum on Educational Accountability. This
alliance is working to develop alternatives for use in overhauling
federal education law (the No Child Left Behind Act, in particular)
based on the Joint Organizational Statement on NCLB, signed by
more than 80 national groups.
Among many publications, he is co-author of Failing Our Children,
a report analyzing the federal No Child Left Behind Act and providing
guidance toward new, helpful accountability systems. He led the
National Forum on Assessment in developing Principles and Indicators
for Student Assessment Systems, signed by over 80 national and
regional education and civil rights organizations. He also authored
Implementing Performance Assessments: A Guide to Classroom School
and System Reform, and Testing Our Children: A Report Card on State
Assessment Systems, the first comprehensive evaluation of all 50
state testing programs.
He earned a Doctorate at Harvard University with his dissertation
The Struggle of Boston's Black Community for Quality and Equality
in Education: 1960-1985. He has taught and been an administrator
in pre-school, high school and college.
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