Building Tests to Support Instruction and Accountability «
http://www.testaccountability.org | | Information from the commission on instructionally supportive assessment concerning best practices for designing and implementing standardized testing. |
Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education «
http://www.apa.org/science/fairtestcode.html | | The code states the major obligations to professionals who develop or use educational tests. the code is meant to apply broadly to the use of tests in education (admissions , educational assessment , educational diagnosis , and student placement). |
Collaborative Testing and Test Performance «
http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/mo2609j4.htm | | Presents the results of a study that shows that collaborative testing alone has a significant positive association with test performance. |
National Assessment Governing Board «
http://www.nagb.org/ | | Provides specifics on the national assessment of educational progress (naep) as well as the proposed voluntary national tests in reading and math. |
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) «
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ | | Naep reports on u. s. student performance with comprehensive information about what students at grades 4 , 8 , and 12 know and can do in various subject areas. |
Number 2 Pencil «
http://www.kimberlyswygert.com/ | | A psychometrician's weblog devoted to standardized testing. aimed at parents , teachers , and general readers. includes ideas , research and news. |
Organizations and Individuals to Contact for Information on Testing «
http://www.richardphelps.net/OrgstoContactNew.htm | | Directory of contact information for the testing industry. |
Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation «
http://pareonline.net/ | | Referreed , full-text on-line journal whose purpose is to provide education professionals access to relevant articles that can have a positive impact on assessment , research , evaluation , and teaching practices. |
Question Base «
http://lanther.co.uk/index.php?page=3.1 | | A free questions editor and tester. the program must be downloaded before any questions can be identified. |
Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing «
http://www.apa.org/science/standards.html | | Addresses professional and technical issues of test development and use in education , psychology and employment [ordering information]. |
Test Design «
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/TestDesign/TestDesign.html | | Discussion of the question of how " difficult" should a test be? |
The Testing And Assessment Page For The American Psychological Association (APA) «
http://www.apa.org/science/testing.html | | 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. |
What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us? «
http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP202/index.html | | 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. |
World Class Arena «
http://www.worldclassarena.org/ | | International initiative designed to identify and assess gifted and talented students. devised by the department for education and skills in the uk. example questions , online assessments , registration details for schools. focuses on mathematics and proble |
