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Student Assessment and Testing (Popularity:  )
http://www.nwrel.org/cnorse/booklets/educate/11.html
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Equity Center position paper.
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Statewide Mathematics Assessment in Texas (Popularity: )
http://www.mathematicallycorrect.com/lonestar.htm
A comparison of the Texas TAAS test to other standards.
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Frontline: Secrets of the SAT (Popularity: )
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/
Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
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Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll (Popularity: )
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.
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Curriculum Support Key to Test Success (Popularity: )
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/110501/new_keyto.shtml
Teachers discuss preparation for the new TAKS test in Texas.
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Appropriate Use of High Stakes Testing in Our Nation's Schools (Popularity: )
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 ...
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National Research Council: Board on Testing and Assessment (Popularity: )
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota/
The BOTA was created to assist policymakers and the public on issues of testing and assessment in education, the workplace, ...
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Peter Sacks (Popularity: )
http://petersacks.org/
Site maintained by Peter Sacks, author of books and articles about standardized testing, intelligence testing and achievement testing in education ...
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Standardized Test Scores (Popularity: )
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 ...
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Rethinking Standardized Testing (Popularity: )
http://www.seattlepress.com/article-9151.html
Discusses the reasons that some students have chosen to boycott mandatory state standardized tests. Seattle Press.
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Richard Phelps (Popularity: )
http://richardphelps.net/
Personal site of Richard Phelps which reviews over the books he has written and several other resources.
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Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation (Popularity: )
http://pareonline.net/
This on-line journal provides education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, ...
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AFT - Hot Topics - Standards-Based Reform (Popularity: )
http://www.aft.org/topics/sbr/index.htm
Research and opinion from the American Federation of Teachers on standards and standardized tests.
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A Faculty Review of AQIP in Higher Education (Popularity: )
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 ...
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CAHRS: Index of Working Papers (Popularity: )
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 ...
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Mass Insight (Popularity: )
http://www.massinsight.org/
Organization generally supportive of Massachusetts state testing.
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Ohio Proficiency Testing Examined (Popularity: )
http://cc.ysu.edu/~rlhoover/ClassConnections/ProficiencyTests/proftestpg.html
An examination of the results of Ohio's proficiency tests, finding a strong correlation with socioeconomic status.
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Test Usage Information Links (Popularity: )
http://home.rica.net/airedale/test_usage_information_links.htm
Research, articles, and information about high stakes tests and their misuse from group opposing Virginia's Standards of Learning tests.
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Division of Student Assessment (Popularity: )
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/
Texas Education Agency official site. Information on the TAAS and end-of-course examinations.
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What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us? (Popularity: )
http://www.rand.org/publications/IP/IP202/
Rand Corporation's study of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test scores in Texas. Includes link to Rand Corp. ...
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