Knowledge: educational testing

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• reference → education → colleges and universities → admissions → graduate programs
• science → social sciences → psychology → educational and school
• science → social sciences → psychology → industrial and organizational → career tests
• science → social sciences → psychology → intelligence

Links

National Assessment Governing Board 
http://www.nagb.org/

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

Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing 
http://www.apa.org/science/standards.html

Addresses professional and technical issues of test development and use in education, psychology and employment [ordering information].

The Testing And Assessment Page For The American Psychological Association (APA) 
http://www.apa.org/science/testing.html

Information on psychological testing and assessment including: finding and obtaining psychological tests, test standards and other guidelines, testing information clearinghouses, and links to other testing-related sites.

Number 2 Pencil 
http://www.kimberlyswygert.com/

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

World Class Arena 
http://www.worldclassarena.org/

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.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

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.

Practical Assessment, Research, and Evaluation 
http://pareonline.net/

Referreed, full-text on-line journal whose purpose is to provide education professionals access to relevant articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practices.

Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education 
http://www.apa.org/science/fairtestcode.html

The code states the major obligations to professionals who develop or use educational tests. The code is meant to apply broadly to the use of tests in education (admissions, educational assessment, educational diagnosis, and student placement).

Building Tests to Support Instruction and Accountability 
http://www.testaccountability.org

Information from The Commission on Instructionally Supportive Assessment concerning best practices for designing and implementing standardized testing.

Organizations and Individuals to Contact for Information on Testing 
http://www.richardphelps.net/OrgstoContactNew.htm

Directory of contact information for the testing industry.

Collaborative Testing and Test Performance 
http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/mo2609j4.htm

Presents the results of a study that shows that collaborative testing alone has a significant positive association with test performance.

What Do Test Scores in Texas Tell Us? 
http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP202/index.html

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.

Test Design 
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/TestDesign/TestDesign.html

Discussion of the question of how "difficult" should a test be?

Question Base 
http://lanther.co.uk/index.php?page=3.1

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

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