- College Board, The (8)
National association of schools and colleges offering services and programs in the areas of assessment, guidance, admission, placement, financial aid, curriculum, and research.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Standards_and_Testing/College_Board__The
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Professional accrediting organization for education schools in the U.S.
www.ncate.org
- Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Independent U.K. body funded by educational establishment subscriptions and funding council contracts. Assesses quality and standards of teaching and learning.
www.qaa.ac.uk
- Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE)
Provide education professionals access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment, research, evaluation, and teaching practice, especially at the local education agency (LEA) level.
pareonline.net
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
Provides accreditation for preK through doctoral levels of education.
www.neasc.org
- National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE)
Policies, tools, technical assistance, and professional development that people everywhere can use to design and implement effective standards-based education and training systems.
www.ncee.org
- National Assessment Governing Board
Sets policies for the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
www.nagb.org
- Buros Institute: Test Reviews Online
Searchable database of tests, reviews of tests, articles on testing practices, and more.
buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp
- South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA)
Ensures the development and implementation of a National Qualifications Framework which contributes to the full development of each learner and the nation at large.
www.saqa.org.za
- Ensuring Equity With Alternative Assessments
Research-based exploration of the advantages and limitations of alternative assessments.
www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as800.htm
- European Evaluation Society
Working to promote theory, practice and utilization of high quality evaluation especially, but not exclusively, within the European countries.
www.europeanevaluation.org
- Buros Center for Testing
Provides professional assistance and information to users of commercially published tests.
www.unl.edu/buros
- National Association of Test Directors
Includes links to online assessment and evaluation resources.
www.natd.org
- Assesment Resource Center Hawaii (ARCH)
Contains student assessment information, as well as statistical and analytical reports about Hawaii's public school system for students, parents, staff, and the general community.
arch.k12.hi.us
- Educational Records Bureau (ERB)@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Organizations/Educational_Records_Bureau__ERB_
- Sacks, Peter
Author of Standardized Minds and other books and articles about standardized testing, intelligence testing and achievement tests in education and the workplace.
www.petersacks.org
- Commission on English Language Program Accreditation
Nonprofit accrediting agency for post-secondary English as a Second Language programs.
www.cea-accredit.org
- Content Knowledge: A Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education
A coherent and systematic set of content standards presented in an easy-to-read format for primary, upper elementary, middle school, and high school.
www.mcrel.org/standards-benchmarks
- Boston College - Consortium for Equity in Standards and Testing
Focuses attention on how educational standards, assessments, and tests can be used more fairly.
www.bc.edu/research/csteep/CTESTWEB/ctestmain.html
- Boston College - Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP)
CSTEEP conducts its work on both small and large scales, working with individual schools, districts, states, as well as countries to advance educational testing practices and policy, and to improve the quality and fairness of education.
www.bc.edu/research/csteep
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