Open Directory - Society: Issues: Education: Standardized Testing
See also: - 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. - 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. - Lawrence Rudner has set up a mock CAT to illustrate how they work, with many citations at the end for further reading. - The Buros Institute, publishers of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, provides critical analyses of tests and testing instruments. - Relevant resources related to NCLB, both inside ECS and from other external sources. - Essays from the maker of the SAT, GRE and other well-known standardized tests. - 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. - Provides education's consumers access to information and opinion independent of the education community and sympathetic to the consumer's concerns and priorities. - Television documentary focusing on the college-entrance Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). - Made up of elected and appointed officials; oversees the content and operation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). - 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. - A nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to preventing the misuse of standardized tests. - The primary U.S. organization of measurement researchers and practitioners involved in educational testing. - The BOTA was created to assist policymakers and the public on issues of testing and assessment in education, the workplace, and the armed services. - 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. - Site maintained by Peter Sacks, author of books and articles about standardized testing, intelligence testing and achievement testing in education and the workplace. - This on-line journal provides education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice. - Personal site of Richard Phelps which reviews over the books he has written and several other resources. - Article accusing test development companies of inadequate staffing, quality control, and poor execution. Requires registration. - A comparison of the Texas TAAS test to other standards. - Organization representing hundreds of colleges responsible for the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the Advanced Placement (AP) program, and various equity efforts. - EdTrust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college. - ISC home page, headquarters for research on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), PIRLS, and other ISC projects. - The "Nation's Report Card" since 1969, assessments have been conducted on national samples of schools periodically in major subject areas. - Testing centers are going back to paper in some overseas regions. (August 15, 2002) - Article accusing a testing company of making scoring mistakes and then covering them up. New York Times. Requires registration. (May 21, 2001) - As home schooling grows as a movement, there is increasing political pressure to legislate and control home schoolers. (May 06, 2001) - Description of a legal case testing whether testing unfairly discriminates against minorities. [PDF] (November 01, 1999) - A paper by Patricia A. Dunkel, Georgia State University. (October 01, 1999) - Wired News: Canadian educational software developer Gerry Morgan may have found a way to assess qualities such as creativity, insight, and teamwork. (October 09, 1997)
