School testing resources

The controversy over testing irregularities at Eastwood Elementary School in Marshall present an opportunity to learn more about the complex, high-stakes world of school testing. This page will be a collection of links to useful resources. This version is only a bare beginning. If you have sites you'd like to suggest we add, please send the URL to marshalleditor@socket.net.

The main page for the federal No Child Left Behind law:

http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

Missouri's MAP test:

http://www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/assess

DESE Commissioner's Letter, March 2006, including a section urging school districts to tighten test security:

http://www.dese.mo.gov/commissioner/lett...

MAP test examiner's manual for grade 3:

http://www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/assess...

District test coordinator's manual

http://www.dese.mo.gov/divimprove/assess...