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Building Tests to Support Instruction and Accountability: - Information from The Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment concerning best practices for designing and implementing standardized testing.

Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education: Developed by the Joint Committee on Testing Practices, the Code provides guidance to profe. assessment, measurement, jctp, joint

Collaborative Testing and Test Performance: - Presents the results of a study that shows that collaborative testing alone has a significant positive association with test performance.

National Assessment Governing Board: - Provides specifics on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as well as the proposed Voluntary National Tests in Reading and Math.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): - NAEP reports on U.S. student performance with comprehensive information about what students at grades 4, 8, and 12 know and can do in various subject areas.

Number 2 Pencil: - A psychometrician's weblog devoted to standardized testing. Aimed at parents, teachers, and general readers. Includes ideas, research and news.

Organizations and Individuals to Contact for Information on Testing: - Directory of contact information for the testing industry.

Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation: This on-line journal provides education professionals access to refereed articles that can. education, psychology, assessment, measurement, tests, testing, elementary

Question Base: - A free questions editor and tester. The program must be downloaded before any questions can be identified.




Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing: Provides purchasing information for the 1999 Standards for Educational and Psychological T. testing, validity, assessment, test standards, educational testing standards

Test Design: - Discussion of the question of how "difficult" should a test be.

The Testing And Assessment Page For The American Psychological Association (APA): Provides information on psychological testing and assessment, acquiring psychological test. psychological testing, psychological tests, Joint Committee on Testing

What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us?: - Rand Corporation's study of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS)test scores in Texas. Includes link to Rand Corp. press release and Rand CEO's statement.

World Class Arena: - International initiative designed to identify and assess gifted and talented students. Devised by the Department for Education and Skills in the UK. Example questions, online assessments, registration details for schools. Focuses on mathematics and problem solving.