- Fair Test 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. We place special emphasis on eliminating the racial, class, gender, and cultural barriers to equal opportunity posed by standardized tests, and preventing their damage to the quality of education.
- Network for Public Education The Network for Public Education was founded in 2013 by Diane Ravitch and Anthony Cody. We are an advocacy group whose mission is to preserve, promote, improve and strengthen public schools for both current and future generations of students. The goal of NPE is to connect all those who are passionate about our schools – students, parents, teachers and citizens. We share information and research on vital issues that concern the future of public education at a time when it is under attack.
- Dr. David Berliner David Berliner is a Regents Professor Emeritus in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College in the division of educational leadership and policy studies. He has taught at the universities of Arizona and Massachusetts, and Stanford University, as well as at universities in Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland. Professor Berliner has authored more than 200 published articles, technical reports, and book chapters. Among his well-recognized works is the best seller The Manufactured Crisis, coauthored with B. J. Biddle.
- Rick Stiggins Rick Stiggins is the retired founder and president of the Assessment Training Institute in Portland, Oregon, a professional development firm helping educators face the challenges of day-to-day classroom assessment in the context of truly balanced assessment systems. He has authored numerous articles, books and training videos on sound classroom assessment, assessment for learning and balanced assessment systems. His latest book, Give Our Students the Gift of Confidence, is a must-read.
- Defending the Early Years DEY is a non-profit organization working for a just, equitable, and quality early childhood education for every young child. We advocate for strong economic and social safety nets for all children because equitable education can only occur when society meets children’s basic needs for whole health and well-being. We advocate for active, playful, experiential
approaches to learning informed by child development theory and evidence-based research.