Resources

Standardized Testing Resources
The National Center for Fair and Open Testing "works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial." They have a collection of fact sheets about testing, position papers, as well as links to other resources about high stakes testing. See, for example, their page of The Case Against High Stakes Testing in the K-12 area.
 * The National Center for Fair and Open Testing**

Testing, value-added measures and teacher evaluation
See the Value Added Measures page on this wiki.

Read the Chicago Teachers Union position paper on teacher evaluation, Promoting Quality Instruction: Teacher Evaluation or Teacher Collaboration?

Problems with testing
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Test Scorer: A former test scorer discusses his experience with the testing industry. See also Todd Farley's book, //Making the Grades: My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry//.

American Educational Research Association (AERA) Position Statement on High-Stakes Testing in Pre-K – 12 Education The AERA is the largest professional association in the United States devoted to the scientific study of education. This position statement was adopted in 2000, but the content is still on target. "Decisions that affect individual students' life chances or educational opportunities should not be made on the basis of test scores alone."

In the News
Panel Finds Few Learning Gains From Testing Movement (//Education Week//, May 26, 2011)

Bloggers challenge president on standardized testing (//New York Times//, April 6, 2011)

Inside the multimillion-dollar essay-scoring business An article by Jessica Lussenhop from the Minneapolis-area City Pages focusing on the scoring of essays and extended responses.