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- A Faculty Review of AQIP in Higher Education: 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.
- 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 - Hot Topics - Standards-Based Reform: Research and opinion from the American Federation of Teachers on standards and standardized tests.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CRESST Homepage: The federally-funded Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing conducts research on topics related to K-12 educational 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.
- 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.
- Curriculum Support Key to Test Success: Teachers discuss preparation for the new TAKS test in Texas.
- 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.
- 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.
- Frontline: Secrets of the SAT: Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
- Measuring What Matters: PDF format report from business/economic development `group` supportive of testing.
- NCPA - Education - Testing, International Comparisons and Curriculum: Essays that review news and magazine stories, from the politically conservative National Center for Policy Analysis
- 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.
- NCTE.org - On Developing a Test Taker's Bill of Rights: Resolution passed at the NCTE 2000 annual meeting.
- National Assessment Governing Board: Made up of elected and appointed officials; oversees the content and operation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
- National Association of Test Directors: 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.
- 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: A now defunct panel that published research and issue papers with a strong focus on standards, measurement, and measureable outcomes. The `group` was dissolved in 2002 but their findings and data are still available.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pass or Fail?: 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
- Peter Sacks: Site maintained by Peter Sacks, author of books and articles about standardized testing, intelligence testing and achievement testing in education and the workplace.
- 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.
- Rethinking Standardized Testing: Discusses the reasons that some students have chosen to boycott mandatory state standardized tests. Seattle Press.
- Richard Phelps: Personal site of Richard Phelps which reviews over the books he has written and several other resources.
- Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll: Article accusing test development companies of inadequate staffing, quality control, and poor execution. Requires registration.
- STATS at Work: The War Against Testing: Summary of article challenging SAT opponents' logic, methods, and evidence.
- 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.
- Standardized Test Scores: RealAudio stream of an NPR report on parents objecting to the use of standardized tests to promote or hold back students in public schools.
- Statewide Mathematics Assessment in Texas: A comparison of the Texas TAAS test to other standards.
- 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.
- The Education Trust: EdTrust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college.
- The Evils of Mandatory Testing: As home schooling grows as a movement, there is increasing political pressure to legislate and control home schoolers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Thomas B. Fordham Foundation: Standards, Testing & Accountability: Reports, essays, and links from organization generally supportive of raising standards and measuring their achievement.
- 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.
- Why Testing Experts Hate Testing: Explanations of and counterarguments to often-used criticisms of standardized tests.
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