Lisa Guisbond

Analyst, FairTest, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing

Stories by Lisa Guisbond

Time to end the state’s ‘test and punish’ accountability system

MCAS graduation exam, state receivership should be scrapped

opinion

Vocational and exam school admission changes a good start

Let's continue the effort to reduce the role of high-stakes testing in schools

opinion

Voc school admission guidelines racially unjust

Policies on attendance, discipline, recommendations should change

opinion

Unpacking Riley’s teacher licensing proposal

It’s a crack in the armor of high-stakes testing

opinion

The politics of MCAS 2.0

High-stakes test has little to do with education

opinion

An equity to-do list for Boston’s new school superintendent

An open letter to Brenda Cassellius outlines district’s needs

Boston officials should stop slandering their own schools

Test scores do not define the quality of a school

opinion

New Bedford charter expansion ‘mind-boggling’

Alma del Mar is trying to bypass the will of voters

opinion

We cannot test and punish our way to better schools

Time to pause on high-stakes exams and take different approach

opinion