Standardized Testing

Many schools use standardized tests to determine how well their students perform against groups of other students. This guide explains standardized testing: what it is, how it works, criticism and ongoing movements in standardized testing.

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Sue MacDonald

Subject: K-12 Education

Tags:academic progress, achievement, education, testing, tests

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About Standardized Testing

Criticism of Standardized Tests

Books on Standardized Testing

Videos about Standardized Testing

About Standardized Testing

Wikipedia: About Standardized Testing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardized_test

Standardized Testing and Reporting

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardized_Testing_and_Reporting

Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program measures performance on the California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition Survey (CAT/6 Survey), the California Content Standards Test and the Spanish

Standardized testing and public policy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardized_testing_and_public_policy

Standardized testing is used as a public policy strategy to establish stronger accountability

Criticism of Standardized Tests

Not all educators agree that standardized tests are good. They claim they're biased, don't measure what truly makes students smart or achievement-oriented, or that they teach students how to take tests, not how to think critically.

FairTest: How Standardized Tests Damage Education

http://www.fairtest.org/facts/howharm.htm

WiseGeek: What are some criticisms of standardized tests?

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-some-criticisms-of-standardized-tests.htm

Education Week: http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/staiv.htm

http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/staiv.htm

Books on Standardized Testing

Kill the Messenger: The War on Standardized Testing

http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Messenger-War-Standardized-Testing/dp/1412805120

In response to public demand, federal legislation now requires testing of most students in the United States in reading and mathematics in grades three through eight. Many educators, parents, and

On standardized testing: an ACEI position paper.: An article...

http://www.amazon.com/standardized-testing-position-Childhood-Education/dp/B0012IZTWI

This digital document is an article from Childhood Education, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2007. The length of the article is 5314 words. The page length shown above is based on a

On Standardized Testing: A Paper of the Association for Chil...

http://www.amazon.com/Standardized-Testing-Association-Childhood-International/dp/0871731231

This digital document is an article from Childhood Education, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2007. The length of the article is 5314 words. The page length shown above is based on a

The dis-equalizing impact of standardized testing on languag...

http://www.amazon.com/dis-equalizing-standardized-testing-language-minority-children/dp/B0006PAZRC

This digital document is an article from Childhood Education, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2007. The length of the article is 5314 words. The page length shown above is based on a

Effects of standardized testing on teachers and learning-- a...

http://www.amazon.com/Effects-standardized-testing-teachers-learning-/dp/B00010F21Q

This digital document is an article from Childhood Education, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2007. The length of the article is 5314 words. The page length shown above is based on a