Related Articles on Testing

 

"Right answer, Wrong Score:  Test Flaws Take Toll"  by Diana B. Henriques and Jacques Steinberg, New York Times, May 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/testing/20EXAM.html

"When a Test Fails the Schools, Careers and Reputations Suffer"  by Jacques Steinberg and Diana B. Henriques, New York Times, May 2001
http://www.arlingtoncare.org/Docs/RightAnswerWrongScore.htm#Article2

"Who's scoring those high-stakes tests? Poorly trained temps"  by Cameron Fortner, Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 2001
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0918/p19s1-lekt.html

"The Test Mess"  by James Traub, New York Times, April 2002
http://query.nytimes.com/search/article-page.html?res=9507E0DF1E3FF93BA15757C0A9649C8B63

"Miscalculation on Scores Shows a Weakness of Tests"  by  Anemona Hartocollis , New York Times, Sept. 1999
www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/091799ny-summer-school-edu.html

"8,600 in Summer School by Error, Board Says"   by Randal Archibold , New York Times, Sept. 1999
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/regional/091699school-tests-edu.html

"We hung the most dim-witted essays on the walls"  by Amy Weivoda, Salon.Com, May 2001
http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/05/scorer/

"MCAS Will Block College Access to Thousands of Students"
http://www.caremass.org/research/MCAS_Blocking_College.htm

Selected Publications on Standards and Testing by Alfie Kohn
http://www.alfiekohn.com/teaching/articles.htm

 "Testing . Testing . One, Two, Three The Commercial Side of the "Standardized Testing Boom"  by Amy Gluckman, 2002
http://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2002/0102gluckman.html

"Can A Thermometer Cure a Fever?  The role of testing in educational reform"  by Rebecca Zwick, National CrossTalk, Vol. 9, No. 2, Spring 2001
http://www.highereducation.org/crosstalk/ct0401/voices0401-thermometer.shtml