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The American Prospect
Bracey, Gerald, "Are US Students Behind?" March-April 1998 (not available on web)

The Atlantic Monthly
Gagnon, Paul, "What Should Kids Learn?" December 1995
Lemann, Nicholas, "Ready, Read!" November 1998
Shrag, Peter, "High Stakes are for Tomatoes"  August 2000
Shrag, Peter, "The Near Myth of our Failing Schools" October 1997

ASCD Educational Leadership
Brooks, Martin G. and Jacqueline Grennon Brooks, "The Constructive Classroom: The Courage to Be Constructivist." November 1999, Volume 57, #3 (not available on web)

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Catalyst: Voices of Chicago School Reform
Pick, Grant, "Taking the Road Less Traveled: Authentic Assessment in Other Locals" September 2000

Columbus: Three City Schools Face Change Over Test Scores  (Free to Columbus Dispatch subscribers. You must "sign in" to read article, user name and e-mail address, and password.)

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Education Policy Analysis Archives
Haney, Walt "The Myth of the Texas Miracle in Education" August 19, 2000, Volume 8, #41

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Education Week (must register to access articles, click on article you want to read, a registration page will appear, register, and you will automatically be able to access articles upon signing in)
Hoff, David J. "As Stakes Rise, Definition of Cheating Blurs" June 21, 2000
Kohn, Alfie, "Standardized Testing and Its Victims" September 27, 2000
Kohn, Alfie, "Confusing Harder with Better" September 15, 1999
Olson, Lynn, "Research Notes: Bad News about Bad Teaching" February 5, 1997

ER Online  A publication of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Eye on Education (WGBH, Boston Massachusetts)
Wheelock, Anne "About MCAS: A Set Up to Tell You You're Stupid"

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Harvard Education Letter: Research Online
"What the AERA Says about High-Stakes Testing" September/October 2000 (not available on web)

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LD Online
O'Neill, Paul T. et. al, "Is Testing Legal? 5 Key Factors to Look for When High Stakes Assessments are Imposed on Kids with LD"
O'Neil, Paul T, et. al. "Pass the Test or No Diploma: High Stake Graduation Testing and Children with LD"

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List of Con MCAS articles
List of Pro MCAS articles

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A Nation at Risk
The National Commission for Excellence in Education, April 1983

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Phi Delta Kappan
Ohanian, Susan, "Goals 2000: What's in a Name" January 2000
Bracey, Geral, "The Ninth Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education" October 1999 (not available on web)
Kohn, Alfie, "Only for My Kid: How Privileged Parents Undermine School Reform" April 1998 (not available on web)

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Public Agenda Online
"Is there a Backlash Against Education Standards?"  (not available on web)

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Rethinking Schools On-Line Journal

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Substance on Line

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Testing and Accountability: Articles posted on the Thomas B Fordham Foundation website (Various positions represented)

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US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, (Testing)
"The Use of Tests When Making High Stakes Decisions for Students: A Resource Guide for Educators and Policymakers"

 

 

 

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