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 facu...
http://commhum.mccneb.edu/philos/AQIP.htm
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...
http://www.achieve.org
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.
http://www.act.org
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
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, ...
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/testing.html
Most American parents are being told by local schools that their children rank "above average" in both reading and math. Christian Science Monitor.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1997/09/03/feat/feat.1.html
The Buros Institute, publishers of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, provides critical analyses of tests and testing instruments.
http://www.unl.edu/buros/
Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies, Cornell University. In particular, see papers by John Bishop on student testing and John Boudreau on personnel testing.
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/paper.html
The unfair help given to students forced Lawrence, Kansas school officials to ask the state education department to throw out some test results.
http://www.eagletribune.com/news/stories/19990722/FP_002.htm
Organization representing hundreds of colleges responsible for the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the Advanced Placement (AP) program, and various equity efforts.
http://www.collegeboard.org
The federally-funded Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing conducts research on topics related to K-12 educational testing.
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
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