- Association of Test Publishers
(ATP)- Offers some valuable articles.
- FairTest - National Center for
Fair & Open Testing- An advocacy organization working to end the
abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation
of students and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound.
- Frontline:
Secrets of the SAT- Looks at standardized tests and examines the
national obsession over them.
- High
Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation- A study
of the uses and effects of high-stakes testing, by the Committee on
Appropriate Test Use, National Research Council.
- Rights and Responsibilities
of Test Takers- Guidelines and expectations.
- Testing
in American Schools: Asking the Right Questions- These new approaches
are attractive, but inevitably carry some drawbacks. Complete article
available in PDF format.
- What Do Test
Scores in Texas Tell Us?- Rand Corporation's study of the Texas
Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS)test scores in Texas. Includes link
to Rand Corp. press release and Rand CEO's statement.
- Why Testing
Experts Hate Testing- The strengths and weaknesses of standardized
testing and ways of improving it.
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