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California Dept of Education page on Standards-Based Reforms
EdSource: An organization originally founded by the California PTA, the League of Women Voters in California and The American Association of University Women, California Branch. Assessment news is updated on their assessment page frequently.
| September 4, 2004: Good Schools or Bad? Conflicting Ratings Leave Parents Baffled. |
| By. Sam Dillon of the NY Times |
December 24, 2003: True and False. An opinion piece in the NYT
By James Traub
December 2, 2003: Gains in Houston Schools: How Real are They?
By Diana Schemo and Ford Fessenden of the New York Times
August 28, 2003: For Houston Schools, College Claims Exceed Reality
By Diana Jean Shemo of the New York Times
July 10, 2003: Questions on Data Cloud Luster of Houston Schools
By Diana Jean Shemo of the New York Times
July 10, 2003: California Postpones Exit Exams
By Greg Winter of the New York Times
May 29, 2003: The Changes Unwelcome, a Model Teacher Moves On
By Sam Winerip of the New York Times
May 22, 2003: States are Relaxing Standards on Tests to Avoid Sanctions
by Sam Dillon of the New York Times
May 21, 2003: A Pupil Held Back, A Heavier Burden
by Michael Winerip of the New York Times
January 25, 2003: Information on Standardized Testing
January 25, 2003: Testing Hints: How to Help Your Child
January 25, 2003: How Parents can Help Students Meet Standards
from the Jefferson School Assessment and Testing Informational workshop
The American Educational Research Association.
The nation's largest professional organization devoted to the scientific study of education. The AERA seeks to promote educational policies and practices that credible scientific research has shown to be beneficial, and to discourage those found to have negative effects. From time to time, the AERA issues statements setting forth its research-based position on educational issues of public concern. One such current issue is the increasing use of high-stakes tests as instruments of educational policy. (from AERA's postion statement)The 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. (from their home page.)
International Reading Association: High Stakes Testing in Reading -- position paper