Fair Test (National Center for Fair & Open Testing)
FAIR TEST EXAMINER
News and information on testing reform. Includes updates on state and federal legislation affecting testing, reports on test misuse and efforts to stop it, and profiles of promising new assessment systems. Covers elementary and secondary school, college admissions, and employment testing.
Fair Test (National Center for Fair & Open Testing)
FALLOUT FROM THE TESTING EXPLOSION: HOW 100 MILLION STANDARDIZED EXAMS UNDERMINE EQUITY AND EXCELLENCE IN AMERICA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A comprehensive study of the standardized tests administered each year to 100 million U.S. public school students. The report concludes that (1) many tests are inaccurate, or biased against minority and low-income students, and (2) relying on standardized testing for decision-making results in a worse, not better, educational system. Includes an extensive annotated bibliography.
Fair Test (National Center for Fair & Open Testing)
PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT BIBLIOGRAPHY
A selected, annotated bibliography about performance assessment (also known as authentic assessment). Includes books and papers, state assessment systems, and special projects related to performance assessment used in elementary and secondary education.
Fair Test (National Center for Fair & Open Testing)
STANDARDIZED TESTS AND OUR CHILDREN: A GUIDE TO TESTING REFORM
The first easy-to-read guide about testing, for parents, teachers, administrators and activists. Addresses problems and misuses of standardized tests, defines testing terms, outlines parents' rights and gives tips for organizing. Available in English and Spanish, and in special New York state editions in both languages. English, Spanish and New York editions can be combined for bulk rates.
Museum Institute for Teaching Science
SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY (VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4)
An elementary teacher's resource publication to topic oriented, hands-on activities. In each issue: book reviews, good things cheap, trade secrets, and more. This issue's topics include: titles in print, anatomy of animals, Newton's Laws, bottle biology, LEAP. Available in Spanish.
Museum Institute for Teaching Science
SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY (VOLUME 5, ISSUE 3)
An elementary teacher's resource publication to topic oriented, hands-on activities. In each issue: book reviews, good things cheap, trade secrets, and more. This issue's topics include: geology, tropical rain forest, water planet.
Museum Institute for Teaching Science
SCIENCE IS ELEMENTARY (VOLUME 6, ISSUE 1)
An elementary teacher's resource publication to topic oriented, hands-on activities. In each issue: book reviews, good things cheap, trade secrets, and more. This issue's topics include: astronomy, geology, Leonardo, color and light.