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Standardized Testing

Books on: "standardized testing" OR "standardized tests" OR "standardized test" OR "high stake tests" OR "high stake testing"

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The Search for Ability: Standardized Testing in Social Perspective

Book by David A. Goslin; Russell Sage Foundation, 1963

Subjects:

Ability--Testing

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...all of those concerned with standardized testing, either from the standpoint...evaluate the importance of standardized testing in college admissions, industrial...personnel services--the areas where standardized testing is an important adjunct. Of...
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Defending Standardized Testing

Book by Richard P. Phelps; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

Subjects:

Achievement Tests--United States, Education--Standards--United States, Educational Accountability--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...illustrate and dispel myths about standardized testing. The five unasked questions...will benefit from the use of standardized testing. Geisinger provides an historical...asked how much large-scale standardized testing respondents thought there should...
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Rethinking the Sat: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions

Book by Rebecca Zwick; RoutledgeFalmer, 2004

Subjects:

Scholastic Assessment Test--Evaluation, Universities And Colleges--United States--Entrance Examinations--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Rethinking the SAT is a unique presentation of the latest thoughts and research findings of key individuals in the world of college admissions, including the president of the largest public university system in the U.S., as well as the presidents of the two companies that sponsor college admissions ...
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Rethinking the SAT is a unique presentation of the latest thoughts and research findings of key individuals in the world of college admissions, including the president of the largest public university system in the U.S., as well as the presidents of the two companies that sponsor college admissions tests in the U.S. The contributors address not only the pros and cons of the SAT itself, but the broader question of who should go to college in the twenty-first century.
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Contradictions of School Reform: Educational Costs of Standardized Testing

Book by Linda M. McNeil; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Education--Standards--United States, School Improvement Programs--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Parents and community activists around the country complain that the education system is failing our children. They point to students failure to master basic skills, even as standardized testing is widely employed in efforts to improve the educational system. Contradictions of Reform is a ...
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Parents and community activists around the country complain that the education system is failing our children. They point to students failure to master basic skills, even as standardized testing is widely employed in efforts to improve the educational system. Contradictions of Reform is a provocative look into the reality, for students as well as teachers, of standardized testing. A detailed account of how student "improvement" and teacher "effectiveness" are evaluated. Contradictions of Reform argues compellingly that the preparation of students for standardized tests engenders teaching methods that vastly compromise the quality of education.
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The Exceptional Teacher: Transforming Traditional Teaching through Thoughtful Practice

Book by Elizabeth Aaronsohn; Jossey-Bass, 2003

Subjects:

Effective Teaching--United States, Teachers--Training Of--Curricula--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...as national policy seems determined to impose more standardized testing on students and to rank and even fund schools and districts...Schools is devoted to an analysis of the craze of standardized testing, and most earlier issues deal at least in part with...

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Journal Articles on: "standardized testing" OR "standardized tests" OR "standardized test" OR "high stake tests" OR "high stake testing"

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On Standardized Testing: An ACEI Position Paper

Journal article by Bobbie A. Solley; Childhood Education, Vol. 84, 2007

Subjects:

Association for Childhood Education International--Records and correspondence, Motivation in education, Standardized tests--Influence, Standardized tests--Usage, Student evaluation--Analysis, Student motivation, Students--Analysis, Students--Rating of

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...rank-ordering those who take the test. Standardized testing, as it gets more all-encompassing...student learning and high-stakes standardized testing is more pronounced, and an...denounces the continued use of standardized testing in the primary grades and...
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A Much Delayed Response to A Nation at Risk: Recent Innovations in General and Special Educations; the Authors Narrow Down the Focus of A Nation at Risk to Consider a Subpopulation of Students at Risk. They Discuss the Implications for Special Education of the Report's Recommendations on Standardized Testing and Classroom Management

Journal article by Laura Baylot Casey, David F. Bicard, Sara C. Bicard, Sandra M. Cooley Nichols; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 89, 2008

Subjects:

Classroom management--Innovations, Classroom techniques--Innovations, Curriculum evaluation, Education--Innovations, Education--Methods, Educational assessment, Educational evaluation, Educational reform--Methods, Special education--Evaluation, Standardized tests--Evaluation, Standardized tests--Usage, Teaching methods--Innovations

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the field. THE ROLE OF STANDARDIZED TESTING A Nation at Risk addresses...assist teachers, traditional standardized testing doesnt lend itself to these...and instruction than do standardized tests of achievement." (6) In...
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Standardized Tests: A Teacher's Perspective

Journal article by Maryjane Blasi; Childhood Education, Vol. 81, 2005

Subjects:

Educational tests, Educational tests and measurements, Examinations, Standardized tests, Teachers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Standardized Tests: A Teachers Perspective. by MaryJane Blasi Rebecca Stahlman...express my indignation about the testing situation. Norm-referenced, standardized tests will never tell anyone all that students know, let alone what they...
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Continuing Tensions in Standardized Testing

Journal article by Thomas Haladyna, Nancy Haas, Jeanette Allison; Childhood Education, Vol. 74, 1998

Subjects:

Academic standards--Standards, Early childhood education--Testing, Education--Standards, Educational tests and measurements--Management, Educational tests--Management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...has continued. Problems with standardized testing today are really not very different...convincing evidence exists that standardized testing is beneficial. It can, however...1988). Position statement on standardized testing of young children 3 through...
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Comparisons between Talent Search Students Qualifying Via Scores on Standardized Tests and Via Parent Nomination

Journal article by Seon-Young Lee, Paula Olszewski-Kubilius; Roeper Review, Vol. 28, 2006

Subjects:

Academically gifted--Education, Education, Higher--Management, Higher education--Management, Talented students--Education, Universities and colleges--Curricula, Universities and colleges--Management, Universities and colleges--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...equal across students in the standardized testing and parent nominated groups...parent nominated group than the standardized testing group. Yet, the difference...viable, efficient alternative to standardized testing for identifying children for...

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Magazine Articles on: "standardized testing" OR "standardized tests" OR "standardized test" OR "high stake tests" OR "high stake testing"

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Taking Advantage of Standardized Tests

Magazine article by Pamela Geiger Stephens; School Arts, Vol. 101, December 2001

Subjects:

Art teachers--Technique, Art--Study and teaching, Educational tests and measurements--Planning

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...was how I could assist with standardized testing when that concept seems so...writing Art Explorations is standardized testing that is used within your school...provide an answer sheet if the standardized test requires answers to be bubbled...
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Testing Our Patience: Standardized Tests Have Their Uses. but Current Federal Law Uses Testing to Destroy Learning

Magazine article by Richard Rothstein; The American Prospect, Vol. 15, February 2004

Subjects:

Educational tests and measurements--Analysis, Educational tests and measurements--Standards, Examinations--Analysis, Examinations--Standards

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Testing Our Patience: Standardized Tests Have Their Uses. but Current...that all tests are invalid. Standardized tests can do a good job of indicating...to include more than just standardized tests. It has to include the judgments...
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Paper, Pencil Now Passe: More and More, Students Are Taking Standardized Test on Computers -- to Mixed Reviews

Magazine article by Andrea Billups; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, May 17, 1999

Subjects:

Educational tests and measurements--Innovations

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...exam, required by most colleges and universities for entrance into graduate school, is following the path of other standardized tests by switching to computer. "Its a new medium, and other than a few people who have had to take drivers-licensing...
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But Will the War Be on the Test? Complaining That the System Measures Performance by Standardized-Test Scores, Teachers Are Struggling to Fit the War in Afghanistan into the Crowded Curricula

Magazine article by Timothy W. Maier; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, December 24, 2001

Subjects:

Afghanistan Conflict, 2001---Study and teaching, Anderson, Patricia--Attitudes, Anthrax--Study and teaching, Bush, George W.--Social policy, Lesson planning--Evaluation, Students--Psychological aspects, Terrorism--Study and teaching, United States--Education, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...about the time problem tell INSIGHT they feel trapped in an education system that now concentrates too much on standardized tests. With more schools measured strictly by test scores, they insist, poor performance by their students in mastering...
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War on the SAT: With Affirmative Action Rolled Back, University of California President Richard Atkinson Wants to Ditch the Controversial Standardized Test as the Be-All, End-All of College Admissions

Magazine article by Peter Schrag; The American Prospect, Vol. 13, May 6, 2002

Subjects:

Affirmative action--Cases, Atkinson, Richard--Conduct of life, College entrance achievement tests--Social aspects, College presidents--Conduct of life, Universities and colleges--Admission, University of California--Social policy

Collections: Entire Library

...with affirmative action rolled back, University of California President Richard Atkinson wants to ditch the controversial standardized test as the be-all, end-all of college admissions. by Peter Schrag WHEREVER HE WENT IN THE PAST YEAR, University...

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Newspaper Articles on: "standardized testing" OR "standardized tests" OR "standardized test" OR "high stake tests" OR "high stake testing"

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Schools Defy Standardized-Test Law

Newspaper article by Thomas D. Elias; The Washington Times, April 4, 1998

Subjects:

Wilson, Pete

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as some of the nations largest school districts steadfastly defy a new state law requiring them to administer standardized tests to all their students. The rebellion against the state testing program stems from school district fears that...
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Virginia Standardized Test Scores Up

Newspaper article by Vaishali Honawar; The Washington Times, June 23, 2000

Subjects:

Virginia

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Virginia standardized test scores up by Vaishali Honawar Virginia public school students scored higher in 1999 than in previous years on the...
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Voters See Flaws in Single-Test Evaluation

Newspaper article by Andrea Billups; The Washington Times, June 20, 2000

Subjects:

American Association of School Administrators

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...by Andrea Billups American voters support standardized testing but do not approve of the use of a single, high...teachers and students accountable for learning. Standardized tests are given in all 50 states, but 26 now use those...
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Fence Post

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 2, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The extreme pressures of standardized testing in the 21st Century are appalling...on a multiple-choice test. Standardized tests do not expose what a student...life, and with the power standardized tests today, students are being...
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Fence Post

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 3, 2007

Subjects:

Teachers

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The extreme pressures of standardized testing in the 21st Century are appalling...on a multiple-choice test. Standardized tests do not expose what a student...life, and with the power standardized tests have today, students are...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "standardized testing" OR "standardized tests" OR "standardized test" OR "high stake tests" OR "high stake testing"

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School Vouchers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...which vouchers, good at private religious and nonreligious schools, were given to children whose public schools had failed standardized tests, but the program has been challenged in the state courts. By the end of the 20th cent. various kinds of voucher programs...
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Bush, George Walker

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...pursued a less traditionally conservative course, for example, securing the establishment of federally mandated nationwide standardized testing for public school students. President Bush was also unusual in assigning greater policy-making and governing responsibilities...
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Home Schooling

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...practice, proponents of home schooling cite figures showing that children who learn at home generally score higher on standardized tests than their traditionally schooled contemporaries. Some critics nonetheless question the real quality of such education...

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