International initiative designed to identify and assess gifted and talented students.

controversies specifics

controversies apa

This site, sponsored by the Thomas B.

testing standardized

www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/mo2609j4.htm

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP )

qbase.lanther.co.uk/

www.edexcellence.net/topics/standards.html

naep psychological

The code states the major obligations to professionals who develop or use educational tests. student performance with comprehensive information about what students at grades 4, 8, and 12 know and can do in various subject areas.

The Testing And Assessment Page For The American Psychological Association (APA)

press release and Rand CEO`s statement .

accountability devised

www.kimberlyswygert.com/

Includes ideas, research and news.

fordham recommending

A psychometrician`s weblog devoted to standardized testing.

www.richardphelps.net/OrgstoContactNew.htm

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. Includes link to Rand Corp.

World Class Arena

Example questions, online assessments, registration details for schools.

recommending fordham

What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us?

vitally instructionally

Collaborative Testing and Test Performance

Number 2 Pencil

Aimed at parents, teachers, and general readers. Devised by the Department for Education and Skills in the UK.

instructionally standardized

fordham broadly

assessment recommending

recommending naep

Building Tests to Support Instruction and Accountability

www.nagb.org/

devised clearinghouses

The program must be downloaded before any questions can be identified .

Standards, Testing and Accountability

www.worldclassarena.org/

Focuses on mathematics and problem solving .

apa specifics

Presents the results of a study that shows that collaborative testing alone has a significant positive association with test performance.

meant taas

The code is meant to apply broadly to the use of tests in education (admissions, educational assessment, educational diagnosis, and student placement).Question Base is a free questions editor and tester.

accountability broadly

www.testaccountability.org

Organizations and Individuals to Contact for Information on Testing

Fordham Foundation, contains a lengthy list of publications, articles, and links about educational testing as it relates to standard-setting, teacher and school accountability , and educational reform.

assess apa

www.apa.org/science/standards.html

nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

Question Base

www.apa.org/science/testing.html

broadly specifics

NAEP reports on U.

www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP202/index.html

standardized broadly

This book is a vitally important reference for professional test developers, sponsors, publishers, users , policymakers, employers, and students in education and psychology, and addresses professional and technical issues of test development and use in education, psychology and employment [ordering information].Directory of contact information for the testing industry.

pareonline.net/

specifics testing

1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing

Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation

meant usefulness

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.

clearinghouses standardized

National Assessment Governing Board

apa instructionally

Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education

www.apa.org/science/fairtestcode.html

Rand Corporation`s study of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS)test scores in Texas.

controversies vitally

Information from The Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment concerning best practices for designing and implementing standardized testing.Provides specifics on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as well as the proposed Voluntary National Tests in Reading and Math.