GMAT – Padlock on MBA Admissions Gates (PDF)
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How Standardized Testing Damages Education (Updated July 2012)
HOW STANDARDIZED TESTING DAMAGES EDUCATION How do schools use standardized tests? The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era has seen an unprecedented expansion of standardized testing and test misuse. Despite ample evidence of the flaws, biases and inaccuracies of standardized exams, NCLB and related state and federal policies, such as Race to the Top (RTTT) […]
Criterion- and Standards- Referenced Tests (PDF)
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Why "No Child Left Behind" Will Fail Our Children
Why “No Child Left Behind” Will Fail Our Children A FairTest Position Statement on NCLB “No Child Left Behind,” the name of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, describes a worthy goal for our nation. Tragically, the legislation will exacerbate, not solve, the real problems that cause many children to be left behind. • […]
Authentic Accountability (PDF)
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The Value of Formative Assessment
The current wave of test-based “accountability” makes it seem as though all assessment could be reduced to “tough tests” attached to high stakes. The assumption, fundamentally unproven, is that such tests produce real improvements in student learning better than do other educational methods. In this environment, Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam’s “Inside the Black Box: […]
The Value of Formative Assessment
The current wave of test-based “accountability” makes it seem as though all assessment could be reduced to “tough tests” attached to high stakes. The assumption, fundamentally unproven, is that such tests produce real improvements in student learning better than do other educational methods. In this environment, Paul Black and Dylan Wiliam’s “Inside the Black Box: […]
Letter in Opposition to Testing Head Start Children
Dear Representative: As recognized experts in the fields of early childhood development and assessment, we write to express our concerns about plans proposed by the Head Start Bureau to implement a National Reporting System for all 4- and 5-year-olds in Head Start in the Fall of 2003. We agree in principle with the need to […]
National Assessment of Educational Progress and National Assessment Governing Board
Link to National Assessment of Educational Progress and National Assessment Governing Board at http://www.nagb.org/