Maine media interview Fairman, cite MEPRI report on Maine students’ NAEP testing results
Maine Public and WGME (CBS 13 in Portland) interviewed Janet Fairman, an associate professor in the University of Maine 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 Bangor Daily News cited a 2024 report from the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) co-authored by Senior Research Associate Patricia Lech, Fairman, and Suzanne Nadeau, an interdisciplinary doctoral student at UMaine 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.