Selected Print Sources | Selected Journal Articles | Selected Internet Links

Selected Print Sources

Barrett, Michael and Jeanne Allen, eds. The standards primer: a resource for accelerating the pace of reform. Washington, DC: Education Leaders Council, The Center for Education Reform, 1996.
Main 3 S - LB 3060.83 .B37 1996

Bowsher, Jack E. Fix schools first: blueprint for achieving learning standards. Gaithersburg, MD : Aspen Publishers, 2001.
Main 3 S - LB 2822.82 .B69 2001

Bracey, Gerald W. Final exam: a study of the perpetual scrutiny of American education: historical perspectives on assessment, standards, outcomes, and criticism of U.S. public schools. Bloomington, IN: TECHNOS Press, 1995.
Main 3 S - LA 212 .B66 1995

Gallagher, Karen Symms, and Jerry D. Bailey. The politics of teacher education reform. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2000.
Main 3 S - LB 1715 .P564 2000

Hillocks, George. The testing trap: how state writing assessments control learning. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2002.
Main 3 S - LB 3051 .H534 2002

Kohn, Alfie. The case against standardized testing: raising the scores, ruining the schools. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000.
Main 3 S - LB 3060.3 .K64 2000

Linn, Robert L. A policymaker's guide to standards-led assessment. Los Angeles, CA: National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing; Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States, 1997.
Main 3 S - LB 2806 .L56 1997

Love, John M. Instrumentation for state readiness assessment: issues in measuring children's early development and learning. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research, 2001.
Main 3 S - LB 1132 .L69 2001

Mitchell, Karen J., et al, eds. Testing teacher candidates: the role of licensure tests in improving teacher quality. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
Main 3 S - LB 1762 .N37 2001

Pellegrino, James, Lee R. Jones, and Karen J. Mitchell, eds. Grading the nation's report card: evaluating NAEP and transforming the assessment of educational progress. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.
Main 3 S - LB 3051 .G66686 1999
  Also available online at netlibrary.

Pellegrino, James W., Naomi Chudowsky, and Robert Glaser, eds. Knowing what students know: the science and design of educational assessment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
Main 3 S - LB 3051 .K59 2001

Quality Counts 2002: Who Should Teach. Washington, DC: Education Week, 2002.
Main 3 S - LA 210 .Q35 2002

Ravitch, Diane, ed. Debating the future of American education: do we need national standards and assessments? Washington, DC: The Institution, 1995.
Main 3 S - LB 3060.83 .D43 1995

Selected Journal Articles

Elmore, Richard L. "Testing Trap." Harvard Magazine. 105:1 (September-October 2002): p. 35+.
   Discusses how the federal No Child Left Behind program may actually aggravate the gap between high-performing and low performing school.

Plank, David N. and William H. Schmidt. "Clear standards are key to school accountability." Detroit News. (October 1, 2002): 9A.
  Discusses the challenges of developing a valid accountability system for Michigan schools.

Zehr, Mary Ann. "ECS Review Discounts Study Critical of Teaching Board." Education Week. 22:5 (October 2, 2002): p. 12+.
  Concerns a study wherein National Board certification of teachers did not appear to affect student outcomes.

Selected Internet Links

AEL (Appalachia Educational Laboratory).

AEL does regional and national level research on educational practice and policy. Recent papers available on this site include a downloadable policy paper by David Holdzkom titled "Low-Performing Schools: So You've Identified Them—Now What?"
http://www.ael.org/index.htm

Michigan eLibrary--Education--Alternative Assessment.

The Michigan eLibrary provides subject specific Internet links that are selected and maintained by qualified librarians. Links provided under Alternative Assessment include sites devoted to portfolio and performance based assessments as well as to the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP).
http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=1656&pathid=3768

National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy

Housed in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, NBETPP is an independent organization that monitors testing in the United States, providing information on outcomes in a variety of reports, which are posted on the web site.
http://www.bc.edu/research/nbetpp/

Perceived effects on state-mandated testing programs on teaching and learning: Findings from a national survey of teachers.

This study investigates how profoundly K-12 instruction at various levels is influenced by high stakes state tests.
http://www.bc.edu/research/nbetpp/statements/nbr2.pdf

Errors in standardized tests: A systemic problem.

This study points out the fallibility of testing, particularly in terms of human errors, suggesting that test scores alone should not be used to judge the abilities of an individual nor to determine his educational fate.
http://www.bc.edu/research/nbetpp/statements/M1N4.pdf

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Updated 04/07/2005