- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
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NAEP reports on U.S. student performance with comprehensive information about what students at grades 4, 8, and 12 know and can do in various subject areas.
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
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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.
http://commhum.mccneb.edu/philos/AQIP.htm
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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.
http://www.achieve.org
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- 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.
http://www.act.org
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- AFT - Hot Topics - Standards-Based Reform
Research and opinion from the American Federation of Teachers on standards and standardized tests.
http://www.aft.org/topics/sbr/index.htm
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- An On-line, Interactive, Computer Adaptive Testing Tutorial
Lawrence Rudner has set up a mock CAT to illustrate how they work, with many citations at the end for further reading.
http://edres.org/scripts/cat/catdemo.htm
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- 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.
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/testing.html
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- 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.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/09/03/feat/feat.1.html
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- Buros Institute
The Buros Institute publishes the Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print. This site provides information and links to other resources for locating both tests and evaluative reviews of tests.
http://www.unl.edu/buros/
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- 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.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/paper.html
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- 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.
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/19990722/FP_002.htm
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- 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.
http://www.collegeboard.org
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- Considerations in Developing and Using Computer-Adaptive Tests to Assess Second Language Proficiency
A paper by Patricia A. Dunkel, Georgia State University.
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/cat.html
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- CRESST
Conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing. Affiliated with UCLA. Contains varied, interesting, professional research reports.
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
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- Curriculum Support Key to Test Success
Teachers discuss preparation for the new TAKS test in Texas.
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/110501/new_keyto.shtml
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- ECS: No Child Left Behind (USA)
Relevant resources related to NCLB, both inside ECS and from other external sources.
http://nclb2.ecs.org/
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- 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.
http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/issues.asp?am=1
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- 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.
http://education-consumers.com
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- ETS on the Issues
Essays from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known standardized tests.
http://www.ets.org/aboutets/issues.html
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- 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.
http://www.ets.org/research/pic/pir.html
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- Frontline: Secrets of the SAT
Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT).
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/
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- Measuring What Matters
PDF format report from business/economic development group supportive of testing.
http://www.ced.org/docs/summary/summary_educ.pdf
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- National Assessment Governing Board
Made up of elected and appointed officials; oversees the content and operation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
http://www.nagb.org
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- 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.
http://www.natd.org
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- National Center for Fair and Open Testing
A nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to preventing the misuse of standardized tests.
http://www.fairtest.org
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