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Standardized Testing
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project: A Web Page for Research 
 A searchable and browsable collection of legal and administrative documents, theoretical analyses, and newspaper and journal articles exploring "diverse opinions regarding Affirmative Action." Topics include state initiatives and propositions, the economics and changing definitions of Affirmative Action, quotas and proportional representation, standardized tests, gender, race, University of California decisions, pending court cases and pending state and federal legislation, and alternatives to Affirmative Action. From the University of California, Santa Barbara. http://aad.english.ucsb.edu/ Topics: Business, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, K-12 Education, Social Issues Last updated Jul 29, 2003 FairTest: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing
This advocacy organization places "special emphasis on eliminating the racial, class, gender, and cultural barriers to equal opportunity posed by standardized tests, and preventing their damage to the quality of education." Resources and links provide "information, technical assistance and advocacy on a broad range of testing concerns, focusing on ... K-12, university admissions, and employment tests." Fact sheets and a quarterly newsletter are also provided. Searchable. http://www.fairtest.org/ Topics: College and University Education, Education, K-12 Education Last updated Dec 30, 2003 The Inevitable Corruption of Indicators and Educators Through High-Stakes Testing
This paper describes factors leading to corruption in K-12 standardized testing, such as cheating by teachers, administrators, and students, "teaching to the test" (often cutting out creative curriculum elements), and exclusion of low performers from the test process. From the Education Policy Studies Laboratory, Arizona State University. Opens directly into a PDF document. http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/EPSL-0503-101-EPRU.pdf Topics: Business, Education, K-12 Education Last updated Nov 30, 2006 |
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