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Web sites: testing and assessment:

Most  sites are updated regularly.

The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) works to end the misuses and flaws of standardized testing and  to ensure that evaluation of students, teachers and schools is  fair, open, valid and educationally beneficial.   http://www.Fairtest.org/

 Susan Ohanian’s  huge and useful collection of stuff, news stories, commentary, http://susanohanian.org/

 Critical and dependable independent analyses of research and policy documents, http://nochildleft.com

 Rethinking Schools, an independent, progressive quarterly periodical,  http://www.rethinkingschools.org

Harvard Civil Rights Project: http://www.law.harvard.edu/civilrights

Education Policy Research Unit, (EPRU ) Arizona State Univ. Independent analyses of research and policy documents in areas such as student performance standards, assessment, and curriculum. EPRU disseminates its reports, analyses and other documents to policy makers, educators and the public.  http://www.educationanalysis.org/ OR  http://www.edpolicylab.org

 The Forum for Democracy and Education Educators working to develop a national network of academics  and activists working for fundamental  changes in assessment methods and policies.  http://www.forumforeducation.org

 Applied Research Center: Progressive, dependable, focus on race and public policy including testing www.arc.org

 NCLBgrassroots.org A website tracking news articles from every state on the No Child Left Behind Act and monitoring how communities are faring under the law.  http://nclbgrassroots.org

National Council of Teachers of English  www.ncte.org

National Education Association’s (NEA) updates on the national lawsuit, Pontiac v. Spellings,  also a useful tool for sending letters to Bush and Congress  http://www.nea.org/lawsuit/index.html

The Florida Coalition for Assessment Reform, Inc. has a web site that's updated weekly. Their work isn't national in scope, but includes a weekly newsletter and archives of  F-TREND, Florida Test Reform Email News Digest, now in its third volume. http://www.fcar.info

 http://www.RougeForum.org/, includes articles on public policy from a left perspective including testing. Also Rich Gibson's Education Page For a Democratic Society has extensive resources on California ‘s tests, the Michigan MEAP, and testing in general   http://www.pipeline.com/~rgibson

Site includes useful pieces on testing go to CalCARE.org  and try educationanddemocracy.org

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