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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

...Dallas businessman and another school finance expert, were to come...work within a conventional school finance model. He was given...equalization for the 95 percent of school children in the middle. The...could keep to a minimum any alternative ideas or criticisms of particular...
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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

...the student. The alternative to the present...about external testing is that the amount...education than is testing: athletics, the...studies because of testing which at least...practice or the school glee club. John...primary reason for schools. Another point...repeated exposure to standardized tests. Familiarity...
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Schools for Growth: Radical Alternatives to Current Educational Models

Book by Lois Holzman; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997

Subjects:

Alternative Education--United States--Case Studies, Alternative Schools--United States--Case Studies, Developmental Psychology--United States--Case Studies, Learning, Psychology Of--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...who has visited the school and knows about funding...Throughout the week, the school continues its test...Each spring, the school spends three to four...demystify tests and testing and help the students...get practice in taking standardized tests. Over the past...
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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

...Moreover, using alternative measures to standardized test scores...high school rank) does...use of both standardized test scores and high school grades in...graduate schools. Journal...Ability testing: Individual...
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Standardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture and What We Can Do to Change It

Book by Peter Sacks; Perseus Publishing, 2000

Subjects:

Academic Achievement--United States, Education--Standards--United States, Educational Tests And Measurements--United States--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...assessment, or alternative assessment...high-stakes testing as virtually...big-stakes testing was doing more...are doing in school, then make the...complaint about standardized testing in schools was that it forced...

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A Balanced School Accountability Model: An Alternative to High-Stakes Testing

Journal article by Ken Jones; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 85, 2004

Subjects:

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Public schools--Analysis, Public schools--Quality management, Public schools--Standards

Collections: Education, Entire Library

A Balanced School Accountability Model: An Alternative to High-Stakes Testing. by Ken Jones...of our public schools, Mr. Jones...there is no alternative -- and then...of our public schools that we begin...new model for school accountability...comprehensive. Schools can and should...high-stakes testing is a recipe...
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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

...pursue assessment alternatives that honored childrens...the misuse) of testing. With the advent...assessed easily on a standardized multiple-choice test. Standardized tests are now used...position paper on testing in 1991, he claimed...U.S. public schools have become places...those who have. School, the very place...
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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

...traditional standardized testing doesnt lend itself...surrounded the use of standardized tests for making...specific follow-up testing for instructional...Thus a search for alternative kinds of assessments...performance in the school curriculum...instruction than do standardized tests of achievement...programs, and schools to meet the needs...
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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

...large-scale standardized testing at the national...state and school district...that U.S. schools have used...history of standardized testing: * Testing...about how schools affect students...influence school testing...that many school districts do not use any standardized testing programs...can produce alternative "evidence...
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Combating the Unfair Competitive Edge: Random Drug Testing Should Be Implemented in Standardized Testing to Deter Illicit and Unfair Use of Prescription Stimulants

Journal article by Shawn Romer; Journal of Law and Health, Vol. 21, 2007

Subjects:

Drug testing--Laws, regulations and rules, Drugs and athletes--Laws, regulations and rules, Illegal drugs--Laws, regulations and rules, Mandatory drug testing--Laws, regulations and rules, Medication abuse--Laws, regulations and rules, Prescription drug abuse--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Entire Library

...IMPORTANCE OF STANDARDIZED TESTING TO ADMISSIONS...1) Law school admissions...professional schools, are heavily...a students standardized test scores...STANDARDIZED TESTING TO ADMISSIONS Standardized tests are becoming...diversity in the schools grading standards...criterion in law school admissions...

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In a League of Their Own: The Testing Regime in Schools Does Pupils No Good

Magazine article by Peter Wilby; New Statesman, Vol. 137, August 11, 2008

Subjects:

British students--Evaluation, British students--Testing, Standardized tests--Evaluation, United Kingdom--Education policy

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Their Own: The Testing Regime in Schools Does Pupils No...children arent at school, is when the...of secondary school teachers found...sceptically, but alternative sources support...corners of the school day. Moreover...similar regime on schools. The Primary...current ... testing regime", which...
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Aboriginal Education and Assessing Students' Ways of Knowing: Standardized Tests vs Multiple Ways of Knowing

Magazine article by Rita Bouvier; Our Schools, Our Selves, Vol. 20, Fall 2010

Subjects:

Accountability, Books, Conferences, Native education, Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada, Standardized tests

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...writes in "Standardized Testing and Its Victims...student or school." Christine...Targeted Funds and Standardized Tests in British...Aboriginal Schools," emphasizes...performance in school and success in standardized tests is closely...How Do Rural Schools Fare Under a High Stakes Testing Regime...
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Technology-based Classroom Assessments: Alternatives to Testing

Magazine article by Spencer J. Salend; Teaching Exceptional Children, Vol. 41, July 2009

Subjects:

Alternatives, Digital divide, Extracurricular activities, Learning, Poetry, Video recordings

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...statewide testing, so Mr...an after-school extracurricular...assessments as alternatives to standardized and teacher-made testing. Technologybased...appropriate alternative means of...complete alternative assessments...underfunded schools often experience...and their school district...assessment alternatives can have...
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A Multiple-choice Mushroom: Schools, Colleges Rely More Than Ever on Standardized Tests

Magazine article by B. Denise Hawkins; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 11, February 9, 1995

Subjects:

Barton, Paul, Competency tests, Curricula, Education, Knowledge, Princeton, NJ, Quality of education, Tests

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...recent study, "Testing in Americas Schools...still Americas standardized test of choice, but the use of alternative methods of assessment...nations public schools in 1992-93...looks at state testing programs and classroom testing done by school districts, schools...students, with standardized testing concentrated...
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The Bandwagon: Some Schools Lessen Weight of Standardized Test Scores

Magazine article by Malik Shabazz; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 11, February 9, 1995

Subjects:

Colleges & universities, Competency tests, Curricula, Education, Educators, Higher education, Hiss, William, Massachusetts, Quality of education, Teaching, Tests

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...of kids do not take standardized tests, and we know...not do well on these standardized tests. As far as...whose focus is on alternative recruiting and who...the problems with standardized tests, her admissions...for your particular school. Twenty percent of...said Mann. Chart (Schools Where SAT and ACT...

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Suburban Independent Schools See Opportunity in Economic downturnAn Alternative Way to Teach Children

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 2, 2011

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

...As independent schools rely more on donors...families. Many schools will cover up to...kids out of the school. Mikolyzk told...the Des Plaines school, an increase of...education an attractive alternative for parents. While...introduce more standardized tests, may be...overreliance on testing and meeting demands...
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2 High Schools Fall Behind for First Time since 2003

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 31, 2007

Subjects:

Disabled persons, High schools

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

...Geneva high schools can empathize...students at both schools were unable...increasingly rigorous testing standards under...the Geneva school failed to make...that include alternative assessments...to take the standardized tests for No...at either school large enough...Charles East high schools face federal...
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Faulty SAT Scores Force Rethink of Testing

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 22, 2006

Subjects:

College admissions

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

...longer require standardized-test scores from...for Fair and Open Testing. This might indicate...The value of standardized testing in discerning whether...institutions to seek alternative methods in determining...at competitive schools, requiring applicants...graduating high-school class of 2007 should...
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Educational Housework: Home-Schooling at One Time Maligned, Has Found Acceptance as a Viable Alternative to Traditional Ways of Teaching Childre

Newspaper article by Anne Veigle; The Washington Times, June 1, 1999

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

...acceptance as a viable alternative to traditional ways...geography when I was in school," says Mrs. Lamons, who home-schools Lattany, Logan and...the local elementary school. At that time, home...their peers in public schools. Many develop successful...either the results of a standardized test or a professional...
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School Board Vote Goes against Blue Mountain

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), July 8, 2008

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

...with public (school) accountability...sponsoring the school. Superintendent...other charter schools, said shed...results on state standardized tests - a tall...traditional schools measurement-by-testing. Blue Mountain...in 1998 as an alternative education provider...it charter-school status - a change...

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Bush, George Walker

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...and the welfare, public-school, and juvenile-justice systems...federally mandated nationwide standardized testing for public school students. President Bush...House Republicans passed an alternative, and a reorganization plan...

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