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- Achieve - Organization devoted to improving the rigor and clarity of the process of standard-setting and testing. Provides standard-setting and benchmarking services to states and districts.
www.achieve.org
- ACT, Inc. - The organization responsible for the American College Test, required for admission to the public colleges in the majority of states; manages other tests and programs, too.
www.act.org
- AFT: Academic Standards Main Page - Research and opinion from the American Federation of Teachers on standards and standardized tests.
www.aft.org/edissues/standards/index.htm
- Appropriate Use of High Stakes Testing in Our Nation's Schools - Provides information on the appropriate use of testing in schools. Although testing is a valuable part of educational assessment, when tests are used in high-stakes circumstances, a number of safeguards must be in place.
www.apa.org/pubinfo/testing.html
- Brouhaha on National School Testing - Most American parents are being told by local schools that their children rank "above average" in both reading and math. Christian Science Monitor.
www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/09/03/feat/feat.1.html
- Buros Institute - The Buros Institute, publishers of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, provides critical analyses of tests and testing instruments.
www.unl.edu/buros
- CAHRS: Index of Working Papers - Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University. In particular, see papers by John Bishop on student testing and John Boudreau on personnel testing.
www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/WPapers.html
- Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy - Boston College center, generally critical of standardized testing, housing several research projects, including the NBETPP and CEST.
www.csteep.bc.edu
- Cheating Teacher Skews Schools' Test Scores - The unfair help given to students forced Lawrence, Kansas school officials to ask the state education department to throw out some test results.
www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/19990722/FP_002.htm
- College Entrance Examination Board - Organization representing hundreds of colleges responsible for the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the Advanced Placement (AP) program, and various equity efforts.
www.collegeboard.org
- CRESST Homepage - The federally-funded Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing conducts research on topics related to K-12 educational testing.
cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
- Curriculum Alignment in Texas - Texas is changing from the TAAS to the TAKS test.
www.taas2taks.com/html/curriculum_alignment_efforts_i.cfm
- Curriculum Support Key to Test Success - Teachers discuss preparation for the new TAKS test in Texas.
www.amarillonet.com/stories/110501/new_keyto.shtml
- Education Commission of the States: Assessment - Assessment issue directory from ECS, an organization formed through a bipartisan interstate compact to help state officials study education issues.
www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/issues.asp?am=1
- Education Consumers Clearinghouse - Provides education's consumers access to information and opinion independent of the education community and sympathetic to the consumer's concerns and priorities.
education-consumers.com
- ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library - List of links to dozens of documents on testing in the Education Research Information Clearinghouse: Assessment and Evaluation (ERIC/AE) database.
ericae.net/scripts/ft/ftcongen.asp
- ETS on the Issues - Essays from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known standardized tests.
www.ets.org/aboutets/issues.html
- ETS: Policy Information Reports - Several dozen research reports from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known tests. Reports are authored both by ETS researchers and invited critics.
www.ets.org/research/pic/pir.html
- Frontline: Secrets of the SAT - Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats
- Measuring What Matters - PDF format report from business/economic development group supportive of testing.
www.ced.org/docs/summary/summary_educ.pdf
- National Assessment Governing Board - Made up of elected and appointed officials; oversees the content and operation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
www.nagb.org
- National Association of Test Directors - The National Association of Test Directors (NATD) is an association of professionals with responsibilities for administering assessment programs in K-12 public educational settings.
www.natd.org
- National Center for Fair and Open Testing - A nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to preventing the misuse of standardized tests.
www.fairtest.org
- National Council on Measurement in Education - The primary U.S. organization of measurement researchers and practitioners involved in educational testing.
www.ncme.org
- National Education Goals Panel Website - NEGP, composed of national and state elected officials, publishes research and issue papers with a strong focus on standards, measurement, and measureable outcomes.
www.negp.gov
- National Research Council: Board on Testing and Assessment - The BOTA was created to assist policymakers and the public on issues of testing and assessment in education, the workplace, and the armed services.
www7.nationalacademies.org/bota
- NCPA - Education - Testing, International Comparisons and Curriculum - Essays that review news and magazine stories, from the politically conservative National Center for Policy Analysis
www.ncpa.org/pi/edu/edu4a.html
- NCTE Moves to Present Own Voice on High-Stakes Testing - Members of the National Council of Teachers of English pass a resolution to encourage continued research regarding the impact of high-stakes testing.
www.ncte.org/news/1999Resolutions1999November20.shtml
- New Standards Project - Effort to promote standards and tests entirely performance-based; now housed at the National Center on Education and the Economy.
www.ncee.org/OurPrograms/nsPage.html
- OECD PISA Online - The new Programme for International Student Assessment of the OECD, involves dozens of countries testing their 15 year olds skills and knowledge as they approach the end of compulsory education.
www.pisa.oecd.org
- Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation - This on-line journal provides education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice.
ericae.net/pare
- Public Agenda - Education issues site of the public opinion polling organization that has conducted several polls on standards, testing, and the public's opinion toward both.
www.publicagenda.org/issues/frontdoor.cfm?issue_type=education
- Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll - Article accusing test development companies of inadequate staffing, quality control, and poor execution. Requires registration.
www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/business/20EXAM.html?pagewanted=all
- San Francisco Testing Decision - NPR - A report on a San Francisco School Board decision to defy the state law that requires all students to take standardized tests in English only. RealAudio.
search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnps05fm.cfm?SegID=36078
- Scans: Real Tests for Real Kids - Wired News: Canadian educational software developer Gerry Morgan may have found a way to assess qualities such as creativity, insight, and teamwork.
www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,7571,00.html
- Standardized Test Scores - NPR - A growing number of parents who are complaining that the use of standardized tests to promote or hold back students in public schools is unfair. RealAudio.
search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnps05fm.cfm?SegID=68509
- Statewide Mathematics Assessment in Texas - A comparison of the Texas TAAS test to other standards.
www.mathematicallycorrect.com/lonestar.htm
- STATS at Work: The War Against Testing - Summary of article challenging SAT opponents' logic, methods, and evidence.
www.stats.org/statswork/commentary.htm
- Student Assessment and Testing - Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Equity Center position paper.
www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/educate/11.html
- Test Bashing Series - A series of essays from the year 2000 that counter allegations made by standardized testing's opponents.
www.educationnews.org/test_bashing_series_by_richard_p.htm
- Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions - Complete 1992 report from the former Office of Technology Assessement, now available in PDF format.
searchpdf.adobe.com/proxies/0/15/54/35.html
- The Education Trust - EdTrust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college.
www.edtrust.org
- The Evils of Mandatory Testing - As home schooling grows as a movement, there is increasing political pressure to legislate and control home schoolers.
www.lessontutor.com/dw1.html
- The International Study Center at Boston College - ISC home page, headquarters for research on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), PIRLS, and other ISC projects.
www.timss.org
- The National Assessment of Educational Progress - The "Nation's Report Card" since 1969, assessments have been conducted on national samples of schools periodically in major subject areas.
nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard
- Thomas B. Fordham Foundation: Standards, Testing & Accountability - Reports, essays, and links from organization generally supportive of raising standards and measuring their achievement.
www.edexcellence.net/topics/standards.html
- Too Good To Be True - New Orleans Schools Test Results - Scores and testing practices raise suspicions of experts. Special report by the Times-Picayune.
www.nola.com/speced/toogood/main.html
- Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing - Essay on the positive "unintended consequences" of high-stakes testing.
www.educationnews.org/in_defense_of_testing_series_uni.htm
- What Does School Reform Really Mean? - An essay from a teacher critiquing standards and tests.
www.lessontutor.com/lwi1.html
- When a Test Fails the Schools, Careers and Reputations Suffer - Article accusing a testing company of making scoring mistakes and then covering them up. New York Times. Requires registration.
www.nytimes.com/2001/05/21/business/21EXAM.html?pagewanted=all
- Why Testing Experts Hate Testing - Explanations of and counterarguments to often-used criticisms of standardized tests.
www.edexcellence.net/library/phelps.htm
- Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools - A collection of articles examining the use of proficiency tests. Rethinking Schools, Spring 1999.
www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/13_03/13_03.htm
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