- True or false: Standardized tests improve education
The pros and cons of using standardized tests in the classroom.
- Engines for Education: Problems with standardized tests
The problem with standardized tests and the fixed curricula they engender is their tendency to kill off the kind of education that matters most. But who can blame a teacher or school for orienting the lesson toward helping students pass those tests with high marks? The temptation to teach students to do well on standardized tests is almost unavoidable when performance on such tests is how entire school systems are evaluated.
- Public Agenda Online: Standardized tests
The drive to set higher educational standards has started to take hold in America's schools, according to the fourth Reality Check survey by Public Agenda. To see what role standardized tests are playing in this phenomenon, please visit this site.
- From the Business Roundtable: New survey challenges extent of public backlash against state testing
Contrary to media reports of a widespread backlash to state standards and testing, a new survey shows that the American public favors setting rigorous academic standards for students and backing them up with statewide tests linked to high school graduation and grade promotion.
- Links to major standardized tests used in college and professional school admissions
This site provides links to the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT, the ACT, the ASVAB, and others.
- Validity and reliability
There is a commentary, pro/cons, and key terms regarding validity and reliability at this site.
- Grading
A faculty resource on grading with pros/cons.
- No Child Left Behind Accountability
This is the information at the Illinois State Board of Education site; however, the standards vary state by state.
