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More Information about High-Stakes Testing and Authentic Assessment
CES National's Authentic Assessment Resource Collection
Twenty years of research, original writing, and examples of performance-based assessment from CES National and the CES network.
www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/query/q/1017?x-r=runnew
CES National's Exhibitions Resources
A gathering of exhibition examples from across the CES network and recommendations for structuring exhibitions and integrating them into curriculum.
www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/query/q/954?x-r=runnew
FairTest
The advocacy heavyweight for alternatives to high-stakes standardized tests. Includes the Assessment Reform Network, an indispensable guide to local anti-high-stakes-testing resources.
www.fairtest.org
New York Performance Standards Consortium
A coalition of New York state schools united in opposition to high-stakes state tests and committed to the development of a broad-based assessment system that supports meaningful teaching and learning.
www.performanceassessment.org
Results for America: A Campaign of the Civil Society Institute
Dedicated to civic engagement and advocacy for school that reflect the values of CES and other like-minded organizations, Results for America's education section is a powerful guide for activists, with a wide range of resources for focusing public attention on national issues.
www.resultsforamerica.org/education/
Rethinking Schools
Rethinking Schools' publications take on No Child Left Behind's high-stakes testing mandate, among other issues, from an equity and social justice viewpoint, providing compelling writing and research on the failures of mass testing and the possibilities of school-based authentic assessment.
www.rethinkingschools.org/
Susan Ohanian's Web site
Firebrand Susan Ohanian documents the ravages left behind in the wake of widespread high-stakes standardized use, along with celebrations of successful efforts on the part of teachers, students, schools and communities to resist the tests and assess in ways that are fair to students and supportive of demanding, meaningful teaching and learning.
www.susanohanian.org/
What Kids Can Do
What Kids Can Do is a powerful demonstration of the actual achievement of young people as demonstrated by projects in the arts, social activism, public service, politics, philanthropy, education, the environment, public safety, and more.
www.whatkidscando.org
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