I.+Assessment

I. Assessment



PARCC -what parents should know about the tests http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/parcc-gets-parked-what-te_b_10140282.html http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2016/05/read-blog-post-that-parcc-doesnt-want.html?version=meter+at+0&module=meter-Links&pgtype=article&contentId=&mediaId=&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F&priority=true&action=click&contentCollection=meter-links-click

ETS guidelines on Assessment of ELLs https://www.ets.org/Media/About_ETS/pdf/ELL_Guidelines.pdf

The misguided drive to measure https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/opinion/sunday/colleges-measure-learning-outcomes.html

White paper on ELLs with significant cognitive disabilitiies []

NYSED ELL/MLL Assessment and Accommodations (info on NYSITELL, NYSESLAT, and ELL accommodations) http://www.nysed.gov/bilingual-ed/schools/english-language-learnermultilingual-learner-assessment-testing-accommodations

Webinar for Multilingual SIFE Math screening http://www.nysed.gov/bilingual-ed/schools/webinar-multilingual-literacy-sife-screener-math

Language Assessment Handbook https://sites.google.com/site/languageassessmenthandbook/home

Oral Language Assessment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaSw8mrzXwA

More testing for ELLs http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/05/24/more-testing-is-forecast-for-nations-ell.html

Strengthening Policies and Practices for Initial Classification of ELs http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/EL%20Classification%20Working%20Paper_FINAL_01%2026%202015.pdf

Predictive power of language proficiency at different grade levels http://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/proficiency-predictive/

Achievement Testing for English Language Learners, Ready or Not? EPAA http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/26/152

2015 NYSESLAT changes administrator #|manual http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/sam/nyseslat/nyseslat-sam-15.pdf NYESLAT Webinettes (8 videos from Engage) https://www.engageny.org/content/nyseslat-webinettes

Language Proficiency Assessment considerations (from Alberta Canada) http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/languageproficiencyassessment_considerations.html Language and reading interventions for ELL students and ELLs with Disabilities http://www.centeroninstruction.org/files/Lang%20and%20Rdng%20Interventions%20for%20ELLs%20and%20ELLs%20with%20Disabilities.pdf

part 154 screening, identification, assessement, and placement (2015) GUIDANCE http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/bilingual/ellidchartguidance7.1.15.pdf FLOW CHART http://www.nysed.gov/common/nysed/files/bilingual/ellidchartrev.pdf

Protocol for assessment, placement of young ELLs. http://www.nysut.org/~/media/files/nysut/resources/2016/educators-voice/edvoice_ix_06_tazimorell.pdf?la=en

Assessment for ELLs @https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6fG4FmibEQ

Youtube on students' perspective of standardized tests (rap poetry) __[]__

SLP & SLA --test to distinguish disability from language acquisition http://www.uwo.ca/fhs/lwm/ebp/reviews/2008-09/Chance.pdf

Assessing English language proficiency of children with disabilities (Diane August) Webinar

http://edstream.ed.gov/webcast/Play/63d02888372148e68b1cb37f8da6e3511d?catalog=82d9933c-1256-4cb2-8783-89599eb97fd8

Ivared (Validity issues in testing ELLs & Ss with Disbalities) http://www.ivared.info/reports.html

Pearson octopus http://www.uft.org/news-stories/pearson-octopus

Pearson scorers not always teachers http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/us/grading-the-common-core-no-teaching-experience-required.html?_r=1

OELA Resource on Indentifying ELLs http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/english-learner-toolkit/chap1.pdf

Testing fails emergent bilinguals http://www.journal.nystesol.org/jan2015/Behrent_115-117_NYSTJ_Vol2Iss1_Jan2015.pdf

EL classification working papers Initial Classification http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/EL%20Classification%20Working%20Paper_FINAL_01%2026%202015.pdf Re-examing classification http://www.ccsso.org/Documents/EL%20Reclassification%20Working%20Paper_11%2005%2015%20Final.pdf

Researchers & advocates disagree over reclassification https://edsource.org/2017/researchers-advocates-divided-over-reclassifying-english-learners/582175

San Diego Quick reading Assessment http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/dwalker/Documents/San%20Diego%20Quick%20Assessment.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un6s0kg9WrA

Latest racist/classist standardized test from ETS http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2015/06/the-latest-racistclassist.html

Parents' testing discontents http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2014/01/the-defiant-parents-testings-discontents.html

WIDA **Focus on Formative Assessment** http://www.k12center.org/rsc/pdf/session_1b_c_wilmes.pdf West Ed on Formative assessment for ELLs http://www.wested.org/wp-content/files_mf/1391626953FormativeAssessment_report5.pdf

ETS K-12 Center standards and assessment conference 2014 http://www.k12center.org/events/research_meetings/elp_summative_assessment.html ELP New standards http://www.k12center.org/rsc/pdf/session_1b_m_ho.pdf ELP standards and assessments http://www.k12center.org/rsc/pdf/session_1b_lopez%20_wolf.pdf ELP & Content standards and assessment http://www.k12center.org/rsc/pdf/session_1d_g_cook.pdf Defining ELProficiency Performance standard http://www.k12center.org/rsc/pdf/session_2a_linquanti_final.pdf Relationship between ELP and content Academic Proficiency http://www.k12center.org/rsc/pdf/session_2b_d_francis_prfcncy_achvemnt_final.pdf

Change the stakes http://changethestakes wordpress.com/ NYC parents opting out of the CCSS tests http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ayYajsQjg8 you tubes on CCSS heist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjxBClx01jc How the common core kills stories, minds, & Souls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCoOv_DwaAk

NYSITELL replaces LAB-R for identification of language learners proficiency http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/bilinged/pub/LEPproc.pdf http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/nysitell/ Guide http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/nysitell/nysitellguidew.pdf

NY State Regs (2014) Testing and Assessment of ELLs, and students with disabilities http://www.saanys.org/viewarticle.asp?id=3889

HS student speaking out about the CCSS, Teacher eval & teaching (not bilingual but important) http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=IQnl64WI01U&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIQnl64WI01U%26feature%3Dyoutu.be

Bronx Parent speaking out against tests as child abuse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq9gAcvyp2c#t=64

Measure of student learning http://criticalclassrooms wordpress.com/2013/10/06/measures-of-student-learning-performance-assessments-grade-1-report-of-information/

Mandated K-2 NYSESLAT http://criticalclassrooms.wordpress.com/2013/11/16/the-nyseslat-mandated-standardized-testing-for-ells-in-k-2/

Preschool Disability assessment/placement for speech(Cate Crowley) http://leadersproject.org/media/video/playlist-preschool-disability-evaluations-modules

When ti refer young bilingual children for speech Assessment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbXp6lVq4oU&feature=youtu.be

Fairtest CCSS myths http://www.fairtest.org/common-core-assessments-factsheet Standardized tests and pipeline to prison #|connection http://www.fairtest.org/pipeline-infographic letter to Obama about excessive testing from children's lit authors http://www.fairtest.org/public-letter-on-standardized-testing-by-childrens-authors common core assessment fact sheet http://fairtest.org/common-core-assessments-factsheet problems with computerized testing http://fairtest.org/computerized-testing-problems-chronology Advocates Question Machine-Scoring of PARCC, Smarter Balanced Writing Samples http://www.studentprivacymatters.org/our-letter-to-the-education-commissioners-in-the-parcc-and-sbac-states/

New York *Anti-Common Core Testing Fury Rages as New Round of Exams Begin https://www.longislandpress.com/2016/04/05/anti-common-core-fury-rages-as-latest-exams-administered-across-new-york/ New York Why the Opt-Out Movement Is Not Losing Steam http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2016/0406/Common-Core-tests-Why-the-opt-out-movement-isn-t-losing-steam New York "Revised" 2016 State Tests No Better Than Ones They Replaced http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2016/04/so-was-testing-experience-for-kids-so.html

ELLs need more attention with common core standards and tests http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2013/07/ells_need_more_attention_in_co.html

Inform parents about CCSS http://www.engageny.org/resource/video-for-parents-and-families-about-the-common-core-assessments

Dual language learner interaction assessment tool **http://www.teachstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CLASS-DLL-White-Paper.pdf** DOE did not #|translate 2013 CCSS materials until the month of the exam http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131002/washington-heights/doe-didnt-put-out-translated-common-core-materials-until-month-of-test

DOE MOSL Measure of Student Learning (New test on Teacher performance) http://www.learndoe.org/dhr/recording-mosl-overview/

PARCC Draft accommodations for ELLs & students with disabilities http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PARCCDraftAccommodationsManualforSWDEL.pdf http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-draft-accommodations-manual

Barriers for ELLs on the Regents http://www.uticaod.com/news/x1146196428/Many-barriers-for-English-learners-on-Regents-exams

Regents Appeal form for graduation with lower passing scores http://www.p12.nysed.gov/ciai/gradreq/CurrentAppealForm.pdf

All kids do not learn the same, so why test them the same? http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook/2012/02/17/students-learn-differently-so-why-test-them-all-the-same

Assessment of Diverse Learners http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/assessment/perfassess.shtml

FairTest Boycott of Standardized Tests http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2013/01/fairtest-urges-nation-to-join-seattle.html

how common core will change state tests http://www.uft.org/insight/how-common-core-will-change-state-tests

Poverty influences tests http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/mercedes-olivera/20120217-ending-poverty-not-adding-tests-is-solution-to-school-woes.ece

Common Core Assessment Development & ELLs (ed Week, 2011) http://logs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2011/04/a_primer_on_thorny_issues_in_a.html?qs=SMARTER+Balanced+Assessment+Consortium

NEW YORK STATE ASSESSMENTS & POLICIES

NYSED proposed language proficiency exit criteria  @http://www.p12.nysed.gov/biling/docs/LEPELLExitCriteria-Draft.pdf

SLO (student learning objectives) in blingual & ESL http://engageny.org/resource/student-learning-objective-road-map-for-english-as-a-second-language-and-bilingual-education-teachers/

ESL language assessment http://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Publications/Specialist-Councils/ESL-3-4%20Assessment.pdf

Assembly Bill about ELLs & the Regents http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A06733

Attempts to fix the regents http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon0805me.html NY Test mess http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/who_takes_the_rap_for_ny_test_mess_cxq2Ro9d5i6C5fSOWBMfZJ

NYSESLAT NYSESLAT (general test info, brochures for parents in different languages) http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/nyseslat/ __Guide__-http://www.nysedregents.org/nyseslat/2013/nyseslatguide-13.pdf

__Parent guides__ (in different languages) http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/nyseslat/parentsguide/home.html New 2013 NYSESLAT samples http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/nyseslat/

NYSESLAT Sampler []

time out from testing http://www.timeoutfromtesting.org/

Assessing language development of bilingual preschool children (NCBE-Barry McLaughlin) http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED388088.pdf

Language Assessment Tools Manual http://education.state.mn.us/mdeprod/groups/SpecialEd/documents/Manual/003106.pdf

Regents http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/hsregents.html Regents Exams and ELLs http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/immigrants/20060601/11/1873 State Regents ELL Report http://www.regents.nysed.gov/2006Meetings/December2006/1206emscvesidd3.htm

Test accommodations extended for former ELLs http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/bulletins_10994.htm Facilitating test success for ELLs http://pareonline.net/pdf/v12n11.pdf Linguistic simplification as an accommodation http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=8&n=7

NEW YORK CITY #|DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TESTING POLICIES Position Paper on NYCDOE testing http://www.nycore.org/PDF/testingposition.pdf http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/13/education/13education.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

More test madness in NYC http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-testing-madness-doe-bidding-out.html

NYC Test Mess http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/education/11scores.html?_r=1&ref=jennifer_medina

Good Test scores in PS 172 despite poverty http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/education/26test.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Feducation%2Findex.jsonp

NYCs bilingual programs (poor accountability) http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/350.pdf

NYC Division of Assessment & Accountability testing policies http://schools.nyc.gov/daa

Suarez Orozco on NYC ELL testing http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/what-do-school-tests-measure/?hp#orozco

The NYC testing mess http://www.edexcellence.net/gadfly/index.cfm?issue=588#a6306 Teaching and Assement K-5 ELLs --Doing what works --videos []

kate Menken on NYC ELLs left behind http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/lingu/people/menken/docs/BRJ30.pdf

LANGUAGE & LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT

Huffington post cites study that show CA prof. test guarantees classificatoin **__http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/19/california-english-profic_n_970582.html__**

CELDT is a blunt instrument for young ELs http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/2m74v93d#page-1 CELDT over identifies K children as EL http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_19177420?nclick_check=1 CELDT results for 2009-2010 http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr10/yr10rel56.asp

HLS-Validity questioned EdWeek report http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/08/17/01language.h30.html?tkn=ZMUF3NDCxueeZ2l+h1F4XWg/5IiC5ElI6wsg&cmp=clp-edweek White paper-http://www.eveaproject.com/doc/HLS%20White%20Paper%202010.pdf improving validity on language proficiency assessments []

WestEd document on Home language Survey (2017) https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2017198.pdf

Proper Screening for placement (edweek 2009) http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/08/17screening.h28.html

Language Assessment http://www.coursecrafters.com/ELL-Outlook/2005/mar_apr/ELLOutlookITIArticle1.htm

limitations of language testing http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/testing.htm

Testing ELLs in the US-National Academies Press http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9998 Providing test results of ELLs with disabilities http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10410

Assessment for placement http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9217/placement.htm Classroom communication: Emergent & authentic frameworks in 2nd Lang. Assessment http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=8&n=8

What is Authentic Assessment? http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/whatisit.htm

Language assessment of K-2 children webinar & #|powerpoint http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/webinars/event/12/ www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/webinars/12/Gottlieb_Sato_Jun09.pdf http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/accellerate/edition/1/#article_6

ESL language assessment

http://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Publications/Specialist-Councils/ESL-3-4%20Assessment.pdf

Language assessment of Spanish English bilinguals http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=8&n=4

Assessments in Spanish for Dual Language Programs http://www.cal.org/twi/assessments.pdf

Behind Test Scores: what struggling readers really need www.rrci.us/ConferencesOthrEv/docs/.../TichyF1_Valencia_and_Buly.**pdf**

Study on tests as part of learning http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/science/21memory.html?pagewanted=2&ref=general&src=me

Reject standardized testing (Bartlet project) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-d-slekar/rejecting-standardized-tests_b_822014.html#comments

Fairtest white paper on assessment http://www.fairtest.org/position-paper-assessment-learning NCLB & ELL TESTING Assessment of ELLs & NCLB http://www.coursecrafters.com/ELL-Outlook/2005/nov_dec/ELLOutlookITIArticle2.htm http://www.nclr.org/content/publications/download/37365 http://cresst.org/products/newsletters/policybrief7.pdf Unexpected Testing Practices Affecting English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities under No Child Left Behind http://pareonline.net/pdf/v13n6.pdf NCLB ELLs & Assessment & Accountability 6/07 (pages 21-27) http://www.edaccountability.org/AssessmentFullReportJUNE07.pdf

NCLB LEP guidelines for testing http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/lepguidance.doc

ELLs and formative tests (core curriculum standards) Edweek learning the language May 17, 2011 http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/

WIDA Library http://wida.us/downloadLibrary.aspx ELL assessments http://www.wida.us/ FLARE formative language assessment for Sec. Students ACCESS

Has progress been made on ELL achievement (MacSwan) http://epicpolicy.org/thinktank/review-progress-ELL

Jim Cummins Demolishes NCLB testing[| http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/26/131722/394]

Using data to understand academic performance of ELLs http://www.ncrel.org/policy/pubs/pdfs/pivol21.pdf weigh proficiency and assess content http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/01/08/17test.h28.html

Norm Referenced Tests for ELLs http://www.coursecrafters.com/ELL-Outlook/2006/jul_aug/ELLOutlookITIArticle3.htm

Latino #|immigrants and high stakes testing http://teep.tamu.edu/reports/report021.pdf

GENERAL ARTICLES Assessment, teaching & Learning http://www.gordoncommission.org/rsc/pdfs/vol_1_no_2_18654.pdf

Alfie Kohn on Standards and Tests http://www.alfiekohn.org/stdtest.htm

Cultural bias in standardized tests (examples of test questions) http://www.prel.org/products/paced/aug02/pc_tests.htm

Testing students to grade teachers []

NCLB testing has shown little progress []

Lessons learned about testing-http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bota/Lessons_Learned_Brochure.pdf Online Literacy Portfolios __ [|http://iteachilearn.com/uh/patterson/litport/index.htm] __

Assessing Integrated language (Short-1993) http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/rcd/BE019525/Assessing_Integrated_Language.pdf

Berliner on Standardized tests http://www.dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=156 Berliner on NCLB-higher scores doesn't mean more learning http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/guest-bloggers/berliner-why-rising-test-score.html Shortcomings of standardized tests http://www.fairtest.org/researchers-document-highstakes-testing-damage SATs and Discrimination http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-08-25-SAT-scores_N.htm Problems using standardized test scores to evaluate teachers http://epi.3cdn.net/b9667271ee6c154195_t9m6iij8k.pdf

danger of National Standards http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/national-academic-standards-the-first-test/

NCLB Testing absurdities with ELLs http://www.fairtest.org/ell-challenge-shows-nclbs-absurdities

NYTimes on What Tests Measure http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/nyregion/04scores.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=education Responses from Experts http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/nyregion/04scores.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=education

Standards-based assessments in the NL http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/spotlight/LEP/2008/bowles_stansfield.pdf

Test Score inflation in CA post 227 http://www.fairtest.org/proposition-227-and-skyrocketing-test-scores-urban

Issue in accurate assessment & inclusion of ELLs http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/accellerate/index.html#abedi

Achievement testing for ELLs Ready or not http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v16n1/

Assessment of ELLs http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/siac/lepasses.htm

Test translation for ELLs Basics http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/webinars/event/21/

Authentic Assessment http://www.fairtest.org/transforming-student-assessment How to measure student growth http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/

Writing Assessment of Spanish Speakers (Escamilla & Coady) http://epicpolicy.org/files/Escamilla_Assessing_Writing_of_Spanish_Speaking_Students.pdf

ETS guidelines of ELL assessment (2009) http://www.ets.org/Media/About_ETS/pdf/ELL_Guidelines.pdf

Achievement gap & ELLs (ETS) http://www.ets.org/Media/Research/pdf/PIC-PNV16N2.pdf Assessment of LM students (1992) http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=3&n=2

Test prep for ELLs http://www.coursecrafters.com/ELL-Outlook/2004/may_jun/ELLOutlookITIArticle4.htm

3rd grade ELLs Teachers’ voices on high stakes tests in AZ http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2005/12/voices_from_the.html (summary) http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/EPRU/documents/EPSL-0512-104-LPRU.pdf (report)

high stakes testing & ELLs [|http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-4/high-stakes.htm]

Exit Exams & ELLs in AZ [|http://www.cep-dc.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=document.showDoc]

Literacy, assessment research for US Gov & Center for instruction (scroll down) http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/lep-partnership/index.html

Assessing Preschool LEP students http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/19/32/d2.pdf Early literacy assessment of Spanish bilinguals http://epicpolicy.org/files/Report.pdf

cultural validity in assessment http://www.edgateway.net/cs/cvap/print/docs/cvap/pub_6.htm

Math test accommodations for ELL middle school children []

SABE (Spanish Assessment Bilingual education) On this website, you can find the SABE and ordering information. http://www.ctb.com/index.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395214059&bmUID=1257248782097 http://www.ctb.com/products/product_summary.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395220079&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395213825&bmUID=1257248786283

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST INFO: http://www.doe.in.gov/lmmp/langproficiencytestdescript.html

ERIC REVIEW: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED329579&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED329579

ACCOMMODATIONS ELL assessment & accommodations (CRESST study) http://www.cse.ucla.edu/

test accommodations http://www.ericdigests.org/2002-2/lep.htm

Effect of simplified English dictionary on Reading test http://cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/LEP1.html

CA Court approves testing in Eng (2009) http://www.usnews.com/blogs/on-education/2009/08/06/court-says-yes-to-english-only-tests.html

ALTERNATE & INFORMAL TESTING Alternatives to high stakes tests (Nichols & Berliner) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033100704.html

other than tests http://www.edutopia.org/blog/assessment-forms-promote-content-retention-judy-willis?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=040214enews%20remainder&utm_content=&utm_term=blog5&spMailingID=8288017&spUserID=MjcyNTEyNzI5NjIS1&spJobID=280179038&spReportId=MjgwMTc5MDM4S0

Practical ideas for alternate assessment http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/tannen01.html

Informal Assessment http://www.colorincolorado.org/educators/assessment/informal

LD ASSESSMENT Assesment of LD in ELLs http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/pdfs/bilingual_manual2002.pdf

curriculum based monitoring for ELLs & RTI (webinar) http://www.studentprogress.org/library/Webinars.asp#ELLReading

tools for monitoring language skills (preK-3) http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/downloads/teachers/CCStarterKit.pdf

diagnosing communication disorders http://www.ericdigests.org/2005-1/diverse.htm

new tool to assess bilingual language disorder http://www.utexas.edu/features/2010/09/27/language-2/

YouTubes NCLB accountability Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSTzLILQx3c

ELA test in NYC schools No Child Left bilingual part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlUEEdj6lkw No Child Left bilingual part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRemrjlF6zo

History of Testing and Assessment (extensive) http://www.comnet.ca/%7Epballan/Toc1.htm

A guide to NLA Written assessment http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/files/uploads/11/bowles_stansfield.pdf

Failing ELL students http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/opinion/nyregionopinions/08CIstefanakis.html?emc=eta1

ELL Knowledge base: Identify & Assess- http://www.mc3edsupport.org/community/knowledgebases/Project-10-Element-4.html

Standardized tests do not inspire learning http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2011/11/educational_reform_standardize.html

NCLB Yong Zhao NCLB video http://newlearninginstitute.org/21stcenturyeducation/21st-century-learning/no-child-left-behind-and-global-competitiveness.html

Not on the test http://www.notonthetest.com/

Getting Teacher Assessment Right http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/PB-TEval-Hinchey_0.pdf Kati Couric on Standardized Tests http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqHV-6SiKS

Marzano on observation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfEm_wIEtM

What does research say about curric & assessment of ELLs http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/webinars/event/20/

Cultural bias in testing http://www.wilderdom.com/personality/intelligenceCulturalBias.html Reddon Simons Rap Test http://wilderdom.com/personality/intelligenceReddon-SimonsRapTest.html

FAIR TEST--Test Resistance

Michele Fine with FairTest's 2014 "Heroes in Education" Award http://www.fairtest.org/fairtest-honor-michelle-fine

Testing Expert Says California Should Delay Common Core Tests for at Least Two Years http://edsource.org/2014/california-should-delay-common-core-tests-for-at-least-2-years/62329#.U3tqnrEgt9k

Report Launches Colorado Testing Debate http://co.chalkbeat.org/2014/05/13/summer-of-testing-debate-launches-with-release-of-study/#.U3KvPLGZh3U

Debate About Value of Testing As Another Round of Connecticut Exams Begins http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140517/connecticut-in-a-new-round-of-education-testing-but-debate-continues-over-its-value Some Connecticut Students Plan Protest Against New Tests http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/New-standardized-tests-begin-amid-controversy-5487402.php

Florida District Super Laments State Mandates Requiring 700 New Tests http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2014/may/13/collier-school-board-laments-states-changes-standa/ Florida to Test Kindergarteners, First Graders to Get Data for "Value-Added" Teacher Ratings http://tbo.com/pasco-county/rule-means-schools-must-test-tots-20140514/ Decades of Florida Testing Fixation Yields Poor Results http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-student-testing-yields-poor-results/2180114

In Chicago, Illinois, A Boycott a Day Keeps the Testing Away http://inthesetimes.com/article/16691/a_boycott_today_keeps_the_testing_at_bay

Massachusetts Teachers See Many Flaws in High-Stakes Common Core Exams http://brookline.wickedlocal.com/article/20140514/NEWS/140518311/?Start=1

New York Rapper Says "Stop the Madness" http://originalrap.bandcamp.com/track/stop-this-madness

Test Stress and the Third Grade North Carolina Teacher http://wunc.org/post/test-stress-and-third-grade-teacher

Ohio Governor Candidate "Hates" Standardized Exams http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/Other%20Ohio%20elections/2014/05/15/fitzgerald-hates-high-stakes-tests/2151590/ Ohio Parents Opt Kids Out of Tests http://www.northcentralohio.com/local-news/single.asp?story=59800

Oklahoma Special Education Students Forced to Retake High-Stakes Exams http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Dozens-of-student-test-scores-thrown-out-Special/dp2JPgs2rkaOX5-kCWtlIA.cspx

With High-Stakes Testing, Pennsylvania Cheating Scandal is Just One of Many http://watchdog.org/144690/testing-philly/

Rhode Island Testing Treats Students Like Widgets http://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/commentary/20140517-ron-wolk-rhode-islands-school-testing-treats-students-like-widgets.ece Rhode Island Senate Votes to Delay Exit Exam Mandate http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140515-r.i.-senate-votes-to-delay-standardized-tests-as-graduation-requirement.ece

Tennessee Defends Ban on Public Review of Test Questions http://www.wate.com/story/25528940/tennessee-education-commissioner-explains-ban-on-public-review-of-tcaps

Texas Super Tells Parents the Truth About the Value of Testing http://educationblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/heres-what-the-superintendent-of-paris-isd-is-telling-parents-about-this-years-staar-results.html/ Parents Opt Out to Protest Texas Testing on Steroiids http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2014/may/17/fighting-back-against-testing-on-steroids/ STAAR Test Gets an "F" for Texas Schools http://amarillo.com/opinion/opinion-columnist/weekly-opinion-columnist/2014-05-17/loomis-staar-test-gets-f-texas-schools

Assessing young children's progress appropriately http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/earlycld/ea500.htm

Every Washington State School is Failing: Ridiculous! http://union-bulletin.com/news/2014/may/18/every-school-washington-failing-hmmm/

West Virginia Teachers Fight Test-Driven Educator Evaluation Policy http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20140514/GZ01/140519617/1101

Time for a New Accountability in U.S. Education http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randi-weingarten/its-time-for-a-new-accoun_b_5351475.html

Mending School: A Parody Poem in the Spirit of Robert Frost http://takingnote.learningmatters.tv/?p=7000

New Film Probes Student Views of Standardized Testing http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2014/05/16/film-provides-students-views-standardized-testing

Education Should be Personalized Not Mismeasured http://www.buffalonews.com/opinion/another-voice/another-voice-education-should-be-personalized-not-mismeasured-20140518

Academics Call for Pause in PISA Testing http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/05/13/academics-call-for-pause-in-pisa-tests/

Arne Duncan's Reaction to Research Showing Value-Added Measures of Teachers Are Badly Flawed?Â Eh! http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/05/18/arne-duncans-reaction-to-new-research-slamming-teacher-evaluation-method-he-favors/

Comprehensive assessment (Edutopia) video http://www.edutopia.org/comprehensive-assessment-introduction-video

The Big Lie Behind Testing of Student Teachers http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/the-big-lie-behind-the-hi_b_5323155.html

Test Stress is Leading Cause of Chinese Youth Suicides http://shanghaiist.com/2014/05/14/test_stress_leading_cause_of_suicid.php