- Achieve - http://www.achieve.org
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.
- Why Testing Experts Hate Testing - http://www.edexcellence.net/library/phelps.htm
Explanations of and counterarguments to often-used criticisms of standardized tests.
- CRESST Homepage - http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
The federally-funded Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing conducts research on topics related to K-12 educational testing.
- OECD PISA Online - http://www.pisa.oecd.org
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.
- The Education Trust - http://www.edtrust.org/
EdTrust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college.
- Test Bashing Series - http://www.educationnews.org/test_bashing_series_by_richard_p.htm
A series of essays from the year 2000 that counter allegations made by standardized testing's opponents.
- ETS on the Issues - http://www.ets.org/aboutets/issues.html
Essays from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known standardized tests.
- National Association of Test Directors - http://www.natd.org
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.
- Education Consumers Clearinghouse - http://education-consumers.com
Provides education's consumers access to information and opinion independent of the education community and sympathetic to the consumer's concerns and priorities.
- The Evils of Mandatory Testing - http://www.lessontutor.com/dw1.html
As home schooling grows as a movement, there is increasing political pressure to legislate and control home schoolers.
- Buros Institute - http://www.unl.edu/buros/
The Buros Institute, publishers of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, provides critical analyses of tests and testing instruments.
- Cheating Teacher Skews Schools' Test Scores - http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/19990722/FP_002.htm
The unfair help given to students forced Lawrence, Kansas school officials to ask the state education department to throw out some test results.
- Education Commission of the States: Assessment - http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/issues.asp?am=1
Assessment issue directory from ECS, an organization formed through a bipartisan interstate compact to help state officials study education issues.
- Brouhaha on National School Testing - http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/09/03/feat/feat.1.html
Most American parents are being told by local schools that their children rank "above average" in both reading and math. Christian Science Monitor.
- National Assessment Governing Board - http://www.nagb.org
Made up of elected and appointed officials; oversees the content and operation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
- College Entrance Examination Board - http://www.collegeboard.org
Organization representing hundreds of colleges responsible for the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the Advanced Placement (AP) program, and various equity efforts.
- ACT, Inc. - http://www.act.org
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.
- Scans: Real Tests for Real Kids - http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,7571,00.html
Wired News: Canadian educational software developer Gerry Morgan may have found a way to assess qualities such as creativity, insight, and teamwork.
- ETS: Policy Information Reports - http://www.ets.org/research/pic/pir.html
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.
- Measuring What Matters - http://www.ced.org/docs/summary/summary_educ.pdf
PDF format report from business/economic development group supportive of testing.
- Student Assessment and Testing - http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/educate/11.html
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Equity Center position paper.
- Frontline: Secrets of the SAT - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/
Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
- Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll - http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/business/20EXAM.html?pagewanted=all
Article accusing test development companies of inadequate staffing, quality control, and poor execution. Requires registration.
- Appropriate Use of High Stakes Testing in Our Nation's Schools - http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/testing.html
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.
- Peter Sacks - http://petersacks.org/
Site maintained by Peter Sacks, author of books and articles about standardized testing, intelligence testing and achievement testing in education and the workplace.
- Standardized Test Scores - http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1068509
RealAudio stream of an NPR report on parents objecting to the use of standardized tests to promote or hold back students in public schools.
- Rethinking Standardized Testing - http://www.seattlepress.com/article-9151.html
Discusses the reasons that some students have chosen to boycott mandatory state standardized tests. Seattle Press.
- Richard Phelps - http://richardphelps.net/
Personal site of Richard Phelps which reviews over the books he has written and several other resources.
- Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation - http://pareonline.net/
This on-line journal provides education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice.
- Pass or Fail? - http://marces.org/mdarch/pdf%5C1000024.pdf
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
- A Faculty Review of AQIP in Higher Education - http://commhum.mccneb.edu/philos/AQIP.htm
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.
- CAHRS: Index of Working Papers - http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/paper.html
Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University. In particular, see papers by John Bishop on student testing and John Boudreau on personnel testing.
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