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| The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest) | ||
| Is an advocacy organization working to end the abuses, misuses, and flaws of standardized testing and ensure that evaluation of students is fair, open, and educationally sound. ( http://www.fairtest.org ) | ||
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| The American Psychological Association (APA) | ||
| Has developed a press release on the appropriate uses of high-stakes testing. ( http://www.apa.org/releases/testing.html ) | ||
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| The American Educational Research Association (AERA) | ||
| Offers a position paper released concerning high-stakes testing in PreK-12 education. ( http://www.aera.net/policyandprograms/?id=378 ) | ||
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| The Center for Applied Linguistics | ||
| Presents an article on using high-stakes tests with English Learners. ( http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/0207coltrane.html ) | ||
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| The Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ) | ||
| Is a grassroots, activist organization composed of teachers, students, and parents that take the position that high-stakes tests are racist and unfair. ( http://www.cejla.org ) | ||
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| The Coalition for Educational Justice | ||
| Is multiracial group that campaigns on issues such as high-stakes testing. ( http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/16_03/Anti163.shtml ) | ||
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| Parents United for Reform in Education (PURE) | ||
| Is a Chicago-based organization. This documents describes the outcomes of their "Fair Testing" campaign. ( http://www.fairtest.org/arn/casestudieschic.html ) | ||
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| "The Human Cost of Over-Reliance on Tests" | ||
| Links to an article from the Harvard Educational Letter. ( http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/1999-ma/human.shtml ) | ||
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| More to the Story | ||
| More to the Story (http://www.moretothestory.org/index.htm) provides a forum for people to share their stories about the negative impact of high-stakes testing. ( http://www.moretothestory.org/index.htm ) | ||
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