Rosemarie Rizzuto
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Posted: 6/18/05; 9:46:37 AM
- American Psychological Association's Code of Fair Testing Practices - Code Of Fair Testing Practices In Education
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Association of Test Publishers - Established in 1992, The Association of Test Publishers is a non-profit organization representing providers of tests and assessment tools and/or services related to assessment, selection, screening, certification, licensing, educational or clinical uses.
- Board on Testing and Assessment, The National Academies - http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota/ - The Board on Testing and Assessment was created to assist policymakers and the public by providing scientific expertise around critical issues of testing and assessment in education, the workplace, and the armed services. BOTA's fundamental role is to raise questions about˘and provide guidance for judging˘the technical qualities of tests and assessments and the intended and unintended consequences of their use.
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- Center for Personnel Assessment and Selection (CPAS)http://app.outreach.psu.edu/CPAS/ - Penn State University Park
- Educational Testing Service (ETS) - http://www.ets.org/ -The world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in educational research.
- International Personnel Management Association (IPMAAC) - http;//www.ipma-hr.org/ For more than 50 years, IPMA-HR has developed assessment products for the fire, police, correctional, dispatcher and administrative arenas. Let our
experts assist you as you make the difficult decisions specific to your field.
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- National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
- National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
- Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington, DC (PTC)
Useful Links
Articles:
Developing and selecting the appropriate test CODE OF FAIR TESTING :PRACTICES IN EDUCATION
http://www.apa.org/science/fairtestcode.html#a
http://www.testpublishers.org/atpp.html
Testing and students with disabilities/at risk students
http://counts.edweek.org/sreports/qc04/article.cfm?slug=17exec.h23
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/@-RISK/Index.html
Test items and test construction
http://www.gre.org/resdevelop.html
This paper discusses optimal test construction, which deals with the selection of items from a pool to construct a test that performs optimally with respect to the objective of the test and simultaneously meets all test specifications. Optimal test construction problems can be formulated as mathematical decision models. Algorithms and heuristics have been developed to solve the models that can be used to construct tests.
Teacher developed tests
http://www.nea.org/accountability/assessment.html
Balanced assessment
http://searcheric.org/ericdc/ED426059.htm
To say that assessments must be authentic, dynamic, fluid, and formative is not to say that normative, standardized evaluations have no place in the overall assessment scheme. What is needed is a combination and balance of assessments. The tri-assessment model promotes using traditional assessments along with portfolio and performance assessments. All three of these methods, as part of the tri-assessment model, use the multiple intelligences theory of H. Gardner to ensure the formative assessment of growth and development and the normative evaluation of grades and rankings.
Teacher as curriculum and assessment developer
http://www.nea.org/accountability/assessment.html
This article addresses the critical need for teachers to allign their classroom assessment practices with local and state standards.
Technology and assessment
http://www.bc.edu/research/intasc/studies/ComputerUseWritingTests/description.shtml
Discusses several articles that study the impact of computer use on test scores for writing.
Testing and multicultural considerations http://www.ets.org/research/pic/hispanic.pdf
Public relations and testing
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2005/06/08/39letters-3.h24.html?querystring=Public%2Orelations%20testing
Overview of ESLA/NCLB
http://ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.44cb9f9033aaf17cbfb3ffdb62108a0c/
Appropriate use of high stakes testing in our schools
http://www.ncrel.org/gap/library/text/testinghas.htm

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