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Right Answer, Wrong Score: Test Flaws Take Toll
Article accusing test development companies of inadequate staffing, quality control, and poor execution. Requires registration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/business/20EXAM.html?pagewanted=all
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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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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.
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota/
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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.
http://petersacks.org/
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Rethinking Standardized Testing
Discusses the reasons that some students have chosen to boycott mandatory state standardized tests. Seattle Press.
http://www.seattlepress.com/article-9151.html
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Richard Phelps
Personal site of Richard Phelps which reviews over the books he has written and several other resources.
http://richardphelps.net/
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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.
http://pareonline.net/
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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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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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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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