Standardized Testing Education Issues

Standardized Testing Education Issues

Standardized Testing
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- Assessment issue directory from ECS, an organization formed through a bipartisan interstate compact to help state officials study education issues.
- Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University. In particular, see papers by John Bishop on student testing and John Boudreau on personnel testing.
- Personal site of Richard Phelps which reviews over the books he has written and several other resources.
- Essays from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known standardized tests.
- Resolution passed at the NCTE 2000 annual meeting.
- Summary of article challenging SAT opponents' logic, methods, and evidence.
- Article accusing test development companies of inadequate staffing, quality control, and poor execution. Requires registration.
- The federally-funded Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing conducts research on topics related to K-12 educational testing.
- RealAudio stream of an NPR report on parents objecting to the use of standardized tests to promote or hold back students in public schools.
- The BOTA was created to assist policymakers and the public on issues of testing and assessment in education, the workplace, and the armed services.
- 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.
- Teachers discuss preparation for the new TAKS test in Texas.
- Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
- The primary U.S. organization of measurement researchers and practitioners involved in educational testing.
- 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.
- Explanations of and counterarguments to often-used criticisms of standardized tests.
- Complete 1992 report from the former Office of Technology Assessement, now available in PDF format.
- Provides education's consumers access to information and opinion independent of the education community and sympathetic to the consumer's concerns and priorities.
- An essay by Dr. Frank Edler reviews the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP),an alternative accreditation program associated with the Higher Learning Commission, from a faculty perspective.
- Reports, essays, and links from organization generally supportive of raising standards and measuring their achievement.
- PDF format report from business/economic development group supportive of testing.
- An association of professionals with responsibilities for administering assessment programs in K-12 public educational settings. A selection of their research papers and newsletters are available on the site.
- Discusses the reasons that some students have chosen to boycott mandatory state standardized tests. Seattle Press.
- The "Nation's Report Card" since 1969, assessments have been conducted on national samples of schools periodically in major subject areas.
- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Equity Center position paper.
- EdTrust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college.
- Most American parents are being told by local schools that their children rank "above average" in both reading and math. Christian Science Monitor.
- 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.
- 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.
- As home schooling grows as a movement, there is increasing political pressure to legislate and control home schoolers.
- A series of essays from the year 2000 that counter allegations made by standardized testing's opponents.
- Essays that review news and magazine stories, from the politically conservative National Center for Policy Analysis
- Organization representing hundreds of colleges responsible for the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the Advanced Placement (AP) program, and various equity efforts.
- 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.
- A comparison of the Texas TAAS test to other standards.
- A paper by Patricia A. Dunkel, Georgia State University.
- Does testing unfairly discriminate against minorities? The case of GI Forum, et al. v. Texas is being closely watched by educators nationwide. Law News Network
- The unfair help given to students forced Lawrence, Kansas school officials to ask the state education department to throw out some test results.
- Testing centers are going back to paper in some overseas regions.
- Site maintained by Peter Sacks, author of books and articles about standardized testing, intelligence testing and achievement testing in education and the workplace.
- Article accusing a testing company of making scoring mistakes and then covering them up. New York Times. Requires registration.
- Wired News: Canadian educational software developer Gerry Morgan may have found a way to assess qualities such as creativity, insight, and teamwork.
- Lawrence Rudner has set up a mock CAT to illustrate how they work, with many citations at the end for further reading.
- A nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to preventing the misuse of standardized tests.
- Essay on the positive "unintended consequences" of high-stakes testing.
- Made up of elected and appointed officials; oversees the content and operation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
- Members of the National Council of Teachers of English pass a resolution to encourage continued research regarding the impact of high-stakes testing.
- The Buros Institute, publishers of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, provides critical analyses of tests and testing instruments.
- Research and opinion from the American Federation of Teachers on standards and standardized tests.
- ISC home page, headquarters for research on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), PIRLS, and other ISC projects.
- This on-line journal provides education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice.

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