Maine media interview Fairman, cite MEPRI report on Maine students’ NAEP testing results
and (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Janet Fairman, an associate professor in the 91±¬ÁÏ College of Education and Human Development and co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI), on Maine’s K-12 student results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP or The Nation’s Report Card, and her research on the state’s education policy. Fairman said Maine’s localized education policy means some school districts may not have the same access to resources as in other states. “It means that we’re going to have a high level of variation in educational quality and outcomes across school districts,” she said.
In addition, the cited a 2024 report from the (MEPRI) co-authored by Senior Research Associate Patricia Lech, Fairman, and Suzanne Nadeau, an interdisciplinary doctoral student at 91±¬ÁÏ and teaching assistant in the College of Education and Human Development. The BDN article was about Maine lawmakers’ frustration with state education officials over Maine students’ performance on the NAEP test.