Problems with Standardized Testing

Need some research to convince policy makers that standardized tests are not the answer and that we should advocate for authentic, performance and alternative assessment?

• Ravitch: Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching - http://www.npr.org/2011/04/28/135142895/ravitch-standardized-testing-undermines-teaching
• When Will the Testing Bubble Burst? - http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2011/04/when_will_the_testing_bubble_b.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dbb7ec542a97d3b%2C0
• Panel Finds Few Learning Gains From Testing Movement - http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/05/26/33academy.h30.html?tkn=MOZFzo9DoCZFVt2ignWOwhirtT02B4rLpJ6l&cmp=clp-sb-teacher
• Report slams heavy focus on school testing - Says methods handcuff teachers, don't boost learning - http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/26/report-slams-heavy-focus-on-school-testing/
• State Ends a Practice of Rescoring Regents Tests - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/nyregion/state-prohibits-rescoring-of-barely-failing-regents-exams.html?_r=2
• The letter from assessment experts the N.Y. Regents ignored - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-letter-from-assessment-experts-the-ny-regents-ignored/2011/05/21/AFJHIA9G_blog.html
• Teachers give cold shoulder to Obama education chief - http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/16/arne.duncan.letter/index.html
• California Gov. Brown takes step toward testing sanity - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/california-gov-brown-takes-step-toward-testing-sanity/2011/05/18/AFpGOc6G_blog.html
• GUEST BLOG: Linda Darling-Hammond on Teacher Evaluations through Student Testing - http://www.educationnation.com/index.cfm?objectid=E730EFBA-86ED-11E0-B74E000C296BA163
• Principal: ‘Kids, it's you and your teacher against the test' - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/principal-kids-its-you-and-your-teacher-against-the-test/2011/05/19/AF6QRU7G_blog.html
• 5 Ideas to Prepare Students for Success Without Standardized Testing - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-nielsen/5-ideas-to-prepare-studen_b_859050.html?ref=fb&src=sp
•  TEACHER INCENTIVES AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (49 pages) http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/fryer/files/teacher%2Bincentives.pdf
• Problems with the Use of Student Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers (29 pages)
  http://epi.3cdn.net/724cd9a1eb91c40ff0_hwm6iij90.pdf