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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.
- 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.
- AFT: Academic Standards Main Page
- Research and opinion from the American Federation of Teachers on standards and standardized tests.
- Buros Institute
- The Buros Institute, publishers of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, provides critical analyses of tests and testing instruments.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CRESST Homepage
- The federally-funded Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing conducts research on topics related to K-12 educational testing.
- Curriculum Alignment in Texas
- Texas is changing from the TAAS to the TAKS test.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Education Trust
- EdTrust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college.
- 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.
- ETS on the Issues
- Essays from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known standardized tests.
- 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.
- Frontline: Secrets of the SAT
- Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
- 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.
- Measuring What Matters
- PDF format report from business/economic development group supportive of testing.
- National Assessment Governing Board
- Made up of elected and appointed officials; oversees the content and operation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
- 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.
- 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.
- National Center for Fair and Open Testing
- A nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to preventing the misuse of standardized tests.
- National Council on Measurement in Education
- The primary U.S. organization of measurement researchers and practitioners involved in educational testing.
- 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.
- 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.
- NCPA - Education - Testing, International Comparisons and Curriculum
- Essays that review news and magazine stories, from the politically conservative National Center for Policy Analysis
- New Standards Project
- Effort to promote standards and tests entirely performance-based; now housed at the National Center on Education and the Economy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Statewide Mathematics Assessment in Texas
- A comparison of the Texas TAAS test to other standards.
- STATS at Work: The War Against Testing
- Summary of article challenging SAT opponents' logic, methods, and evidence.
- Student Assessment and Testing
- Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Equity Center position paper.
- Test Bashing Series
- A series of essays from the year 2000 that counter allegations made by standardized testing's opponents.
- Testing in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions
- Complete 1992 report from the former Office of Technology Assessement, now available in PDF format.
- Thomas B. Fordham Foundation: Standards, Testing & Accountability
- Reports, essays, and links from organization generally supportive of raising standards and measuring their achievement.
- Too Good To Be True - New Orleans Schools Test Results
- Scores and testing practices raise suspicions of experts. Special report by the Times-Picayune.
- What Does School Reform Really Mean?
- An essay from a teacher critiquing standards and tests.
- Why Testing Experts Hate Testing
- Explanations of and counterarguments to often-used criticisms of standardized tests.
- Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools
- A collection of articles examining the use of proficiency tests. Rethinking Schools, Spring 1999.
- Curriculum Support Key to Test Success
- Teachers discuss preparation for the new TAKS test in Texas.
- Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing
- Essay on the positive "unintended consequences" of high-stakes testing.
- 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.
- Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll
- Article accusing test development companies of inadequate staffing, quality control, and poor execution. Requires registration.
- The Evils of Mandatory Testing
- As home schooling grows as a movement, there is increasing political pressure to legislate and control home schoolers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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