************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 09:02:42 -0500 (EST) Teaching To Standards <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/standards.html> [Large group of links on range of related topics] Objections Over State Testing Are Widespread <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/testing.html> The Impact of High Stakes Testing Policies on Minority and Disadvantaged Students: A Forum Brief January 7, 2000 [American Youth Policy Forum] <http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2000/fb010700.htm> Appropriate Use of High-Stakes Testing in Our Nation's Schools <http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/testing.html> The Development and Impact of High Stakes Testing Gary Natriello Teachers College, Columbia University Aaron M. Pallas Michigan State University November 1998 <http://www.columbia.edu/~gjn6/histake.html> Fast Facts #2 High Stakes Testing <http://www.mnea.org/teach/ff-histakes.htm> Missouri National Education Association: Overview of HST in Missouri Accountability, Incentives And Behavior: The Impact Of High-Stakes Testing in the Chicago Public Schools http://www.educationnext.org/unabridged/20031/jacob.pdf. Policy Brief: April 2000 High-Stakes Testing: Trends and Issues by Anne Lewis Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning <http://www.mcrel.org/PDFConversion/PolicyBriefs/PB_HighStakesTesting.html> High-stakes testing: Will it pass or fail? <http://www.weac.org/Resource/1998-99/april99/testing1.htm> Court Rules for High-Stakes Testing: Winter 1999-2000 <http://www.fairtest.org/examarts/winter00/ Court_Rules_For_High-Stakes_Testing.html> January 5, 2000 Studies Find High Stakes Tests Threaten Disadvantaged Students in Texas Harvard Graduate School of Education <http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/features/highstakes01052000.html> Large Scale Assessments and High Stakes Decisions: Facts, Cautions and Guidelines <http://www.naspcenter.org/factsheets/highstakes_fs.html> Education Policy Analysis Archives Volume 10 Number 18 March 28, 2002 ISSN 1068-2341 High-Stakes Testing, Uncertainty, and Student Learning Citation: Amrein, A.L. & Berliner, D.C. (2002, March 28). High-stakes testing, uncertainty, and student learning Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10(18). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n18/ <http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n18/> High Stakes Testing In K-12 Schools: An Annotated Bibliography Test Development And Administration Focus <http://www.eval.org/hst.test.htm> Growing opposition to "high-stakes" testing in US schools By Kate Randall: 25 July 2001 <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/jul2001/test-j25.shtml> ---------------------- Here are a few published articles on high stakes testing that may be found in a library near you. Reform by Shame: Managing the Stigma of Labels in High Stakes Testing. Author: Murillo, Enrique G., Jr.; Flores, Susana Y. Source: Educational Foundations v. 16 no. 2 Spring 2002 p. 93-108 Making the Connection: Assessment and Accountability. Author: Helm, Claire M. Source: Momentum (Washington, D.C.) v. 33 no. 3 September/October 2002 p. 6 Making the global city, making inequality: the political economy and cultural politics of Chicago school policy. Author: Lipman, Pauline. Source: American Educational Research Journal v. 39 no. 2 Summer 2002 p. 379-419 Teaching the culture of high stakes testing: listening to new teachers. Author: Costigan, Arthur T., 3rd. Source: Action in Teacher Education v. 23 no. 4 Winter 2002 p. 28-34 The human face of the high-stakes testing story. Author: Nathan, Linda. Source: Phi Delta Kappan v. 83 no. 8 April 2002 p. 595-600 High stakes testing and expected progress standards for students with learning disabilities: a five-year study of one district. Author: Schulte, Ann C.; Villwock, Diane N.; Whichard, S. Michelle. Source: The School Psychology Review v. 30 no. 4 2001 p. 487-506 Radical dilemmas in the anti-high-stakes-testing movement. Author: Fox, Dennis. Source: Radical Teacher no. 61 2001 p. 28-35 The challenge of curricular and instructional improvement in an era of high stakes testing. Author: Clark, Sally N.; Clark, Donald C. Source: Middle School Journal v. 33 no. 2 November 2001 p. 52-6 Standards and high stakes testing: the dark side of a generation of political, economic and social neglect of public education. Author: Marker, Perry. Source: Theory and Research in Social Education v. 29 no. 2 Spring 2001 p. 357-62 Special education and high stakes testing for high school graduation: an analysis of current law and policy. Author: O'Neill, Paul T. Source: Journal of Law & Education v. 30 no .2 April 2001 p. 185-222 The missing link: Latinos and educational opportunity programs. Author: Lopez, Nancy. Source: Equity & Excellence in Education v. 33 no. 3 December 2000 p. 53-8 Rethinking "high stakes": lessons from the United States and England and Wales. Author: Firestone, William A.; Mayrowetz, David. Source: Teachers College Record v. 102 no. 4 August 2000 p. 724-49 High-stakes assessments in reading: a position statement of the International Reading Association. Source: The Reading Teacher v. 53 no. 3 November 1999 p. 257-63 Performance assessment and education reform. Author: Haertel, Edward H. Source: Phi Delta Kappan v. 80 no. 9 May 1999 p. 662-6 Loss of the creature: The obscuring of inclusivity in classroom discourse Author: Rex, Lesley A Source: Communication Education v. 52 no. 1 January 2003 p. 30-46 The hazards of high-stakes testing Author: Shepard, Lorrie A Source: Issues in Science & Technology v. 19 no. 2 Winter 2002/2003 p. 53-58 High Stakes: Children, Testing, and Failure in American Schools Author: Anonymous Source: Education Week v.22 no. 7 October 16, 2002 p. 36 [Book Review] Cognitive skills, test scores, and social stratification: The role of family and school-level resources on racial/ethnic differences in scores on standardized tests (AFQT) Author: Cordero-Guzman, Hector R Source: Review of Black Political Economy v. 28 no. 4 Spring 2001 p. 31-71 The effect of training in test item writing on test performance of junior high students Author: Tunks, Jeanne Source: Educational Studies v. 27 no. 2 June 2001 p. 129-142 High stakes: Testing for tracking, promotion, and graduation Author: Phelps, Richard P Source: Educational & Psychological Measurement v. 60 no. 6 December 2000 p. 992-999 An ethnographic study of the effects of legislated high stakes testing on the curriculum landscape of public schools in Texas, Massachusetts, and New York: Author: Daniels, Lisa Maria. Publication: Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 2002 [Dissertation] The new accountability high schools and high stakes testing Author: Carnoy, Martin.; Elmore, Richard F. Publication: New York : Routledge, 2003 *********************************************************** LITERACY IDEATION SCAFFOLDING Evolution of Language, How the Brain Works, Old Pedagogy Problems to New Pedagogy Solutions Sync Sense, Social Rhythm Research Experts Connections : Speech, Music, Reading, & Technology Motivation, Play, Culturally Relevant Content Using Multiple Intelligences and different learning styles http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/default.asp *********************************************************** High stakes testing : the impact of curriculum and socioeconomic status on standardized test results Author: Savala, Jerrod C. Publication: 2002 [Dissertation] Racial profiling and punishment in U.S. public schools : how zero tolerance policies and high stakes testing subvert academic excellece and racial equity http://www.arc.org/erase/downloads/profiling.pdf Racial profiling and punishment in U.S. public schools : how zero tolerance policies and high stakes testing subvert academic excellece and racial equity http://www.arc.org/erase/downloads/profiling.pdf If you need to find statistical data on this topic, you may find my posting to the Net-Happenings discussion group of the Educational Cyberplayground should lead you to some useful statistics resources on the internet. 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