From Gatekeeper to Gateway Testing and Evaluation Primer What is a Test? Testing Writing on Computers Code of Fair Testing Practices Enhancing Individual Potential Examination Factories Education and the Wealth of Nations CTEST Home Page CSTEEP/CTEST Documents From Gatekeeper to Gateway This report from the National Commission on Testing and Public Policy summarizes findings on the problems associated with testing and describes a number of approaches that might be used to improve testing practice. The emphasis in the report is on how testing could be used to identify and nurture talent, especially among racial, ethnic, and linguistic minorities. Executive Summary *Full Report (450 K) *Clicking this option allows the user to download the entire document in it's original format. This option requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html Testing and Evaluation Primer A publication by George F. Madaus, Walt Haney, & Amelia Kreitzer describing how to be actively, purposely, and usefully involved in initiating, monitoring, & applying the results of independent evaluations of your educational projects and programs Summary *Full Report (626 K) *Clicking this option allows the user to download the entire document in it's original format. This option requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html What is a Test? A presentation developed by George Madaus, Anastasia E. Raczek, and Thomas Hoffmann (incorporating visual images) that helps explain some of the language and concepts associated with tests and testing. Terms explained include test reliability, test validity and test use. Full Presentation Questions to Ask When Evaluating a High-Stakes Testing Program A publication by George F. Madaus and Diana Pullin. Developed as a tool to help citizens in evaluating the use of standarized test results by state departments of education or school systems, this document addresses the kinds of questions that ought to be asked of every testing program, particularly if high-stakes are attached. *Full Document (50 K) *Clicking this option allows the user to download the entire document in it's original format. This option requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html Testing Writing on Computers This article presents the findings of a small study examining the effect that mode of administration – computer versus paper-and-pencil – has on middle school students' performance on multiple-choice and written test questions. Findings show that, though multiple-choice test results do not differ much by mode of administration, for students accustomed to writing on computer, responses written on computer are substantially higher than those written by hand. Read Article online at: http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/v5n3.html   Related Documents Code of Fair Testing Practices The Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education states the major obligations to test takers of professionals who develop or use educational tests. The Code is meant to apply broadly to the use of tests in education (admissions, educational assessment, educational diagnosis, and student placement). Full Document in HTML *Full Document (17K) *Clicking this option allows the user to download the entire document in it's original format. This option requires Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html Enhancing Individual Potential A vision of student assessment and grade structure at the good common school. This chapter was excerpted with permission from "The Good Common School", a comprehensive guide to elementary school restructuring from the National Coalition of Advocacy for Students. Full Chapter Examination Factories How can Christian schools assimilate the market-oriented reforms of the past 18 years without losing their vocation? The recently retired headteacher of St.Augustine's Roman Catholic and Church of England Upper School, Oxford warns against making examinations the measure of everything. Examination Factories by John Prangley Education and the Wealth of Nations The idea of competition among nations is now familiar (albeit often misunderstood). But the idea of international competition among schools--that is, among educational methods and systems--has so far made only a dull impression on people's thinking. Education and the Wealth of Nations from The Economist CTEST Home Page