Chapter 6 Web Resources
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
http://www.enc.org/
Assessment Organizations and Resources Online
Compiled by Robert L. Linn
The American Federation of Teachers
http://www.aft.org/
The American Federation of Teachers is a trade union representing workers in education, health care, and public service.
Boston College: Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Policy Analysis
http://wwwcsteep.bc.edu/
The Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP) is an educational
research organization located at Boston College in the School of Education. Since its inception in
1980, CSTEEP has conducted research on testing, evaluation, and public policy; studies to improve
school assessment practices; and international comparative research. CSTEEP conducts its work on
both small and large scales, working with individual schools, districts, and states, as well as
countries, to advance educational testing practices and policies, and to improve the quality and
fairness of education.
The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements
http://www.unl.edu/buros/
The Buros Institute of Mental Measurements provides professional assistance, expertise, and
information to users of commercially published tests, and promotes meaningful and appropriate test
selection, utilization, and practice. The Buros Institute encourages improved test development and
measurement research through thoughtful, critical analysis of measurement instruments and the
promotion of an open dialogue regarding contemporary measurement issues. The Institute publishes the
Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print series, presents the Buros-Nebraska Symposium on
Measurement and Testing, sponsors the journal Applied Measurement in Education, and directs
professional consultation. Links of interest on the web site include:
Colorado Department of Education
http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_home.htm
The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) is the administrative arm of the Colorado State Board of
Education. It serves as a statewide link for Colorado's 176 school districts, providing them with
leadership, consultation, and administrative services. Topics of interest on the site include:
Consortium for Equity in Standards and Testing
http://wwwcsteep.bc.edu/ctest
The Consortium for Equity in Standards and Testing (CTEST) focuses attention on how educational
standards, assessments, and tests can be used more fairly.
Council of Chief State School Officers
http://www.ccsso.org/Federal_Programs/nclb/3350.cfm
This CCSSO web page features a comprehensive listing of standards and assessment documents including
academic standards, Goals 2000, professional licensing standards, skills standards, accountability,
etc.
CRESST Home Page
http://www.cse.ucla.edu/
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement,
the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and
Student Testing (CRESST) conducts research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing.
Topics of interest on the CRESST web site include:
The Educational Software Selector (TESS)
http://www.epie.org/epie_tess.htm
The Educational Products Information Exchange claims TESS is the most comprehensive source of
unbiased educational software information available for educators, teachers, and parents.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) Online
http://www.enc.org/
Resources for mathematics and science education.
ERIC® Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
The ERIC® Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation was recently closed by the U.S. Department of Education. However, many of the
resources are still available at other locations online. The ERIC Clearinghouse sought to provide
balanced information concerning educational assessment and resources to encourage responsible test
use. Links of interest include:
- TestLink: (http://www.ets.org/testcoll/index.html) The ETS Test
Collection includes an extensive library of 20,000 tests and other measurement devices from the
early 1900s to the present. The collection is the largest in the world. It was established to make
information on standardized tests and research instruments available to researchers, graduate
students, and teachers. The tests contained in this collection were acquired from a variety of U.S.
publishers and individual test authors. Foreign tests are also included in the collection, including
some from Canada, Great Britain, and Australia.
- Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE) Online: (http://pareonline.net/) PARE provides education professionals access to
refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching
practice, especially at the local education agency (LEA) level.
- SearchERIC: (http://www.eric.ed.gov/) Tools to search the
abstracts and Digests produced by the ERICSM system; Assessment and Evaluation on the Internet, an index offered by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment & Evaluation of sources pertaining to
educational and psychological testing.
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
http://www.ncme.org/
The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) is a professional organization of about
2,300 members. Many members are involved in either the construction and uses of educational tests or
the development and evaluation of measurement models and methods. NCME members are committed to the
continual improvement of testing and measurement practices in education. This site contains
information about the organization and general announcements.
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
http://www.ncte.org/
The National Council of Teachers of English, with 77,000 individual and institutional members
worldwide, is dedicated to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at
all levels of education. Its membership is composed of elementary, middle, and high school teachers,
supervisors of English programs, college and university faculty, teacher educators, local and state
agency English specialists, and professionals in related fields.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
http://www.nctm.org/
With about 110,000 members, NCTM is the largest nonprofit professional association of mathematics educators in the world. NCTM offers vision, leadership, and avenues of communication for mathematics educators at the elementary school, middle school, high school, and college and university levels.
Topics of interest include:
National Education Association (NEA)
http://www.nea.org/
NEA is America's oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. Founded in 1857 in Philadelphia and now headquartered in Washington, D.C., NEA proudly claims over 2.3 million members who work at every level of education, from pre-school to university graduate programs. NEA has affiliates in every state as well as in over 13,000 local communities across the United States.
National Education Goals Panel
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/go4panel.htm
It is the purpose of National Education Goals Panel to establish a bipartisan mechanism for (1)
building a national consensus for education improvement; (2) reporting on progress toward achieving
the National Education Goals; and (3) reviewing the voluntary national content standards, voluntary
national student performance standards and voluntary national opportunity-to-learn standards
certified by the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, as well as the criteria for
the certification of such standards, and the criteria for the certification of state assessments
certified by the National Education Standards and Improvement Council, with the option of
disapproving such standards and criteria not later than 90 days after receipt from such Council.
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.nwrel.org/index.html
The mission of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL) is to improve educational
results for children, youth, and adults by providing research and development assistance in
delivering equitable, high-quality educational programs. A private, nonprofit corporation, NWREL
provides research and development assistance to education, government, community agencies, business,
and labor. Links of interest include:
U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
A comprehensive resource for Department of Education news, programs and services, research, and more.
Test Publishers Online
From Assessment & Evaluation on the Internet by Liselle Drake & Lawrence Rudner http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed385609.html
ACT: Information for Life's Transitions
http://www.act.org/
American Guidance Service, Inc.
http://www.agsnet.com/
Australian Council for Educational Research
http://www.acer.edu.au/
Ballard & Tighe Publishers
http://www.ballard-tighe.com/
Center for Applied Linguistics
http://www.cal.org/
The College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/splash
Consulting Psychologists Press
http://www.cpp.com/
CTB McGraw-Hill
http://www.ctb.com/
Educational Testing Service
http://www.ets.org/
General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service
http://www.acenet.edu/clll/ged/index.cfm
Harcourt Assessment
http://www.harcourtassessment.com/
Piney Mountain Press - A Cyber-Center for Career and Applied Learning
http://www.pineymountain.com/
ProEd Publishing
http://www.proedinc.com/
Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. (PAR)
http://www.parinc.com/index.cfm
Reid London House
http://www.pearsonreidlondonhouse.com/
Riverside Publishing Company
http://www.riverpub.com/
Stoelting Co.
http://www.stoeltingco.com/
Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc.
http://www.educate.com/homepage.html
Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Inc. (TASA)
http://www.tasa.com/
Tests Online
From Assessment & Evaluation on the Internet by Liselle Drake & Lawrence Rudner http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed385609.html
Edutest, Inc.
http://www.edutest.com/
Edutest is an Internet-accessible testing service that offers criterion-referenced tests for elementary school students, based upon the standards for K-12 learning and achievement of the state of Virginia. Despite an impressive list of clients, Edutest could provide no technical documentation pertaining to the tests' validity and reliability to this clearinghouse upon our request.
Test.com, Inc.
http://www.test.com/
Offerings are a wide range of online tests, ranging from trivia-type quizzes to creativity tests,
and simulations of college admission and professional certification tests.
TestPrep.com
http://www.testprep.com/
Triumph College Admissions offers free, online scoring and skills development advice for
test-takers who have already taken the sample SAT provided by the test publisher (College Entrance
Examination Board). Go here to use the SAT Test Answer Sheet, which is designed to be used in
conjunction with the cited sample SAT that exists in print format.
Software to Support Educational Assessment
From Assessment & Evaluation on the Internet by Liselle Drake & Lawrence Rudner http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed385609.html
Software for Item Banking, Computerized and Adaptive Testing, and Test Construction
http:// www.assess.com/
By Assessment Systems Corporation (ASC)
Report Cards Plus
http://www.rediker.com/report_cards.html
By Rediker Software, Inc: http://www.rediker.com/
CyberExam
http://cyberexam.vlearning.com/
By Virtual Learning Technologies
