References
Achieve, Inc. (1999). National Education Summit Briefing Book (available at
http://www.achieve.org).
Archibold, R.C., & Colvin, R.L. (1997). UC urged to drop SATs as admission criteria.
Los Angeles Times, September 19.
Atkinson, R. (2001). Standardized tests and access to American universities. The 2001
Robert H. Atwell Distinguished Lecture delivered at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the
American Council on Education Washington, DC, February 18.
Adelman, C. (1998). The kiss of death? An alternative view of college remediation.
National Crosstalk, 6(3), 1-3.
American Federation of Teachers (2001). Making standards matter 2001. Washington,
DC: Author.
Bennet, R.E., & Ward, W.C. (Eds.). (1999). Construction versus choice in cognitive
measurement: Issues in constructed response, performance testing, and portfolio
assessment. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bolon, C (2000). School-based standard testing. Education Policy Archives Analysis, 8
(23). Available at http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n23.
Bond, L.A., & Roeber, E.D. (1998). How Comparable are State Assessment Programs?
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Measurement in
Education.
Breneman, D.W. (1998). Remediation in higher education: Its extent and cost.
Brookings Papers on Education Policy, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.
Bush, G.W. (2001). No Child Left Behind. Available at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html.
California State Board of Education (2001a). California Considering Assessment Role
Reversal. Available at http://www.cde.ca.gov/cdepress/news/html.
California State Board of Education (2001b). Highlights from the State Board of
Education, September 2001. Available at http://www.cde.ca.gov/board.
Center for an Urban Future. (2001). Building a highway to higher education: How
collaborative efforts are changing education in America. Washington, DC: Author.
Committee for Economic Development (2001). Measuring what matters: Using
assessment and accountability to improve student learning. Available at www.ced.org.
193
Education Trust (1999). Ticket to nowhere: The gap between leaving high
school and entering college and high-performance Jobs. Washington, DC: Author.
Education Trust (2000). Youth at the crossroads: Facing high school and beyond.
Washington, DC: Author.
Feuer, M. (1992). Testing in American schools: Asking the right questions. Report
prepared for the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. OTA-SET-519.
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Firestone, W.A. (2000). Format, focus, and frustration: The policy and politics of state
testing. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the British Educational Research
Association.
Fischbein, E. (1993). The theory of figural concepts. Educational Studies in
Mathematics, 24 (2), 139-162.
Greene, J.P. (2000). The cost of remedial education: How much Michigan pays when
students fail to learn the basic skills. Report for the Mackinac Center. Available at
http://www.mackinac.org/archives/2000/.
Hamilton, L.S., Nussbaum, E.M., & Snow, R.E. (1997). Interview procedures for
validating science assessments. Applied Measurement in Education, 10 (2), 181-200.
Healy, P. (2001). Plan to tie MCAS to college admissions shelved. Boston Globe, June
15.
Hoff, D.J. (2001). California Considering Assessment Role Reversal. Education Week,
June 13, 2001.
Wightman, L., & Jaeger, R.M. (1988). High stakes and ubiquitous presence: An
overview and comparison of the ACT Assessment Program and the SAT Program. Paper
prepared for the Workshop on Admissions in Higher Education sponsored by the Board
on Testing and Assessment and the Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel of the
National Research Council, Washington DC, December 17-18.
Kenney, P.A., Silver, E.A., Alacaci, C., & Zawojewski, J.S. (1998). Content analysis
project—state and NAEP mathematics assessments. Report of results from the
Maryland-NAEP study. Technical Report TM031915 for the National Assessment
Governing Board. Available at http://marces.org/mdarch.
Kirst, M.W. (1997). Exam confusion: Admissions and placement tests lack
standardization. Crosstalk5 (1).
Kirst, M.W. (1998a). Bridging the remediation gap. Education Week, Sept. 9.
194
Kirst, M.W. (1998b). Improving and aligning K-16 standards, admissions, and freshman
placement policies. National Center for Postsecondary Improvement Technical Report 206. Stanford, CA: NCPI.
Kirst, M.W. (1999). A babel of standards: Students face a confusing array of tests and
assessments. Crosstalk7 (4).
Kirst, M.W. (2000). Defining the top of the class: A new admissions game. Crosstalk8
(1).
Linn, R.L. (2001). The design and evaluation of educational assessment and
accountability systems. CSE Technical Report 539. Los Angeles: Center for Research
on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
Manzo, K.K. (2001). Citing instructional time, N.C. scraps 3 assessments. Education
Week, June 13.
McNally, M.C. (1999). School boards need to assess the assessment test. Valley News,
July 20.
National Assessment Governing Board (2000). Mathematics framework for the 1996 and
2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress. U.S. Department of Education
(available at http://www.nagb.org).
National Center for Education Statistics (1996). Remedial education at higher education
institutions in Fall 1995. NCES 96-584. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of
Education.
National Center for Education Statistics (1997). Condition of education. NCES 97-388.
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
National Commission on the High School Senior Year (2001). The lost opportunity of
senior year: Finding a better way. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education.
National Education Association (1995). State legislative priorities, policies, and
perceptions. Update, 1(6), 1-6.
National Research Council (1998). Uncommon measures: Equivalence and linkage
among educational tests. Feuer, M.J., Holland, P.W., Green, B.F., Bertenthal, M.W., &.
Hemphill, F.C. Committee on Equivalency and Linkage of Educational Tests.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
National Research Council (1999). High stakes: Testing for tracking, promotion, and
graduation. Heubert, J.P., & Hauser, R.M. Committee on Appropriate Test Use.
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (1994). What do student grades mean?
Differences across schools. Washington, DC: Author.
195
Olson, L. (2001a). Universities seek ‘seamless’ link with K-12. Education Week,
February 7.
Olson, L. (2001b). K-12 and college expectations often fail to mesh. Education Week,
May 9.
Phillips, S.E. (1993). Legal implications of high-stakes assessment: what
states should know. Michigan State University, North Central Regional
Educational Laboratory, IL.
Popham, W.J., Cruse, K.L., Rankin, S.C., Sandifer, P.D., & Williams, P.L. (1985).
Measurement-driven instruction: It’s on the road. Phi Delta Kappan, 66, 628-634.
Resnick, L.B., & Resnick, D.P. (1992). Assessing the thinking curriculum: New tools
for educational reform. In B.R. Gifford & M.C. O’Connor (Eds.), Changing
assessments: Alternative views of aptitude, achievement, and instruction (pp. 37-75).
Boston: Kluwer.
Rodriguez, E.M. (1995). College admission requirements: A new role for states.
Denver, CO: Education Commissions of the States and State Higher Education Executive
Officers.
Rothman, R. (1995). Measuring up: Standards, assessment, and school reform. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Ruddell, R.B. (1985). Knowledge and attitudes toward testing: Field educators and
legislators. The Reading Teacher, 38(6), 538-543.
Schmidt, P. (2000). Colleges are starting to become involved in high-school testing
policies. Education Week, January 21.
Shepard, L.A. (2000). The role of classroom assessment in teaching and learning. CSE
Technical Report 517. Los Angeles: Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and
Student Testing.
Shepard, L. A., and Dougherty, K. C. (1991). Effects of high-stakes testing on
instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association and the National Council on Measurement in Education.
Standards for Success (2001). Semi-Annual report. Eugene, OR: Author.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (1986). A generation of failure: The case
for testing and remediation in Texas higher education. Austin, TX: Author.
Webb, N. L. (1999). Alignment of science and mathematics standards and assessments
in four states (Research Monograph No. 18). Madison: National Institute for Science
Education.
196