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[articles] [web sites]

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• High Stakes Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation : a report from the National Academy of Sciences
• Article on the NAS report from AASA (American Association of School Administrators)
• Other articles on assessment at the AASA web site.
• Education Week article: "Fairtest Report Questions Reliance on High Stakes Tests by States"
• Study entitled "The Impact of Mandated Standardized   Testing on Minority Students (1995)"
• "National Testing Commission Formed"   article from Boston College
• Newsweek article: "The Big Score"
• Links to studies done by the National Research Council
• Family Education article: "Putting Kids to the Test"
• High stakes testing from Discovery Channel School
• "Testing Alone Could Do More Harm than Good"
• "High School exit exam tests limits of education" from CNN-- check out other links at the bottom of the page.
• "Don't Listen to the Test"
• Time magazine article "The Test of Their Lives"
• "Standardized Testing Meets Resistance" pages from the National Council of Teachers of English-- tons and tons of great links here!

• Resources from Fairtest
• National PTA web site testing resource page
• Rethinking Schools is a national organization that advocates for school reform based on equity and social justice.
• Links from the PAVURSOL website.
• Parentsoup pages on standardized testing.
• Sample questions from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)