ACT is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to measurement and research primarily in support of individuals making educational, career, and work place transitions.

The Nation's Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Since 1969, assessments have been conducted periodically in reading, mathematics, science, writing, history, geography, the arts, and other fields. By making information on student ...

FairTest The National Center for Fair & Open Testing Make a donation of $30 or more and receive our newsletter, the Examiner, for a year. Students and teachers protest the Federally mandated testing plan at the National Education Summit. Find out more. The National Center for Fair & Open Testing is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses and flaws of standardized testing and ...

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The Buros Institute, publishers of The Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print, provides critical analyses of tests and testing instruments.

2003 NCME Call for Proposals online -6/26/2002 June 2002 NCME Newsletter online. -5/31/2002 Call for Nominations: EM:IP Editor -5/22/2002 Spring 2002 EM:IP Table of Contents posted -5/14/2002 NCME is an organization that is incorporated exclusively for scientific, educational, literary, and charitable purposes. Its purposes include: Encouragement of scholarly efforts to: Advance the science of ...

This report looks at standardized tests like the SAT and examines the national obsession over the SAT test. How fair, reliable and democratic is the SAT and what has been its impact on racial diversity on campus This documentary also explores the history of the SAT and meritocracy in the United States and the booming test prep business of coaching college applicants ...

The National Association of Test Directors (NATD) is an association of professionals with responsibilities for administering assessment programs in K-12 public educational settings. The membership is broadly representative of North America. Look below to see what's new! NATD is a part of the Joint Committee on Testing Practices. As an NATD member you are invited to provide input on the Code of ...

The Board on Testing and Assessment was created to assist policymakers and the public by providing scientific expertise around critical issues of testing and assessment in education, the workplace, and the armed services.

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Provides information on the appropriate use of testing in schools. Although testing is a valuable part of educational assessment, when tests are used in high-stakes circumstances, a number of safeguards must be in place.

Statewide Mathematics Assessment in Texas Paul Clopton, Wayne Bishop*, and David Klein** Mathematically Correct * Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles ** Department of Mathematics, California State University, Northridge Permission to reproduce for non-commercial purposes without modification is granted. Table of Contents Abstract Introduction ...

Equity Center Publications and Resources Educate America: A Call for Equity in School Reform Student Assessment and Testing In the current debate about nation wide educational restructuring, perhaps no issue is more central to the concerns of equity than that of student assessment. We have a long history of using questionably relevant tests to sort children for differential educational ...

As home schooling grows as a movement, there is increasing politics from anti-home school forces to try to interfere with or legislatively control home schoolers.

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Defenders of the new movement say that standards puts a fire under lazy school districts, teachers, and students.

Testing, International Comparisons and Curriculum Testing and SAT's Tests Are Not Creating More Dropouts Manhattan Institute Study: Education Freedom and Student Performance Test Detects Slight Improvement In Seniors' Math Skills Americans Support Testing, But Opposition Small And Vocal Who Writes And Scores Student Tests Developing A Test For Common Sense Extra SAT Test Time Given Those ...