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- 4Tests.com- Have your students
take free online practice exams for free!
- AllTheTests.com- The online
test search engine and your guide through the jungle of different tests
on the Internet.
- CRESST - Conducts
research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing. Affiliated
with UCLA. Contains varied, interesting, professional research reports.
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and
Evaluation - A source for information pertaining to educational
and psychological testing and learning theories. Links to ERIC digests,
short literature reviews on specific topics written for the general
public.
- ETS Research - A listing
of current research reports about various issues and new innovations
in educational testing.
- ETS's Teaching and Learning
Division - Promotes good teaching through licensing, advanced certification,
and professional development for teachers and school administrators.
Includes information on the Praxis and National Board series.
- Homeroom.com- Homeroom.com
is designed to improve students’ scores on high-stakes state tests.
Homeroom.com offers students in grades 3-8 expert math and reading help
on the major multi-state tests (SAT-9, ITBS, and CTBS/Terra Nova), and
state-specific tests such as TAAS (Texas), FCAT (Florida), SOL (Virginia),
and ELA (New York).
- National Assessment Governing Board
- Provides specifics on the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) as well as the proposed Voluntary National Tests in Reading and
Math.
- Office of Research Measurement and
Evaluation - A multifaceted educational research agency dedicated
to conducting both targeted educational research focusing on issues
affecting students in Arkansas and general theoretical work in statistics,
testing, and educational measurement.
- Parent Soup
Education Central: Standardized Testing - Mention standardized tests
and many of us freeze in our tracks. We know our kids are smart and
capable, but will the tests show it? What do those scores really mean?
This site includes information on K-12 as well as college admissions
tests.
- Performance Assessment
Clearinghouse - Located within the Assessment Resource Center (ARC)
in the University of Missouri, this database contains searchable performance
assessments, complete with Adobe Acrobat Teacher's Guides.
- Pioneer
Institute - CHARTER SCHOOL RESOURCE CENTER - Publications - This
site contains a downloadable form with information about setting school
standards, selecting the appropriate educational testing tools to measure
these standards, and using the resulting data appropriately for purposes
of accountability.
- Question Base - Question
Base is a free questions editor and tester. The program must be downloaded
before any questions can be identified.
- 1999 Standards
for Educational and Psychological Testing - This book is a vitally
important reference for professional test developers, sponsors, publishers,
users, policymakers, employers, and students in education and psychology,
and addresses professional and technical issues of test development
and use in education, psychology and employment [ordering information].
- Standards,
Testing and Accountability - This site, sponsored by the Thomas
B. Fordham Foundation, contains a lengthy list of publications, articles,
and links about educational testing as it relates to standard-setting,
teacher and school accountability, and educational reform.
- SunRav Software- SunRav Software
is a comprehensive, professional software package for the creation,
administration, evaluation, and archiving of tests and test statistics.
Bundled in this three-part package are TestMaker, for test creation;
Tester, for test administration; and TestAdmin, for test evaluation/analysis
and user or group administration.
- Talent Assessment, Inc.
- Talent Assessment Inc., geared towards vocational evaluation, has
been offering comprehensive assessment and training programs to schools
and teachers, tailored to suit your school's individual needs, since
1982.
- Teacher Evaluation: New
Directions & Practices- Highlights new advances in teacher assessment.
- The Testing And
Assessment Page For The American Psychological Association (APA)
- Information on psychological testing and assessment including: finding
and obtaining psychological tests, test standards and other guidelines,
testing information clearinghouses, and links to other testing-related
sites.
- The
Tests and the Brightest by James Fallows - Criticisms of the College
Board.
- 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.
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