No Child Left Behind: Testing

The NCLB legislation mandates new testing for both students and teachers. In this program from October 2003, three experts on standardized testing examine what tests can and cannot tell us about academic growth.

Other NCLB programs

Moderator:

Jim Marshall
Associate Dean for Education
 

Panelists:

David Frisbie
Professor, Iowa Testing Program
 
Micheline Chalhoub-Deville
Associate Professor, Foreign Language and English as a Second Language Education
 
Cyndie Schmeiser
Senior Vice President, ACT

Links

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (www.ncrel.org)

• Ahead of the Curve: Emerging Policy Issues - NCREL's online resource designed to help education leaders, policymakers, and educators at all levels respond to and understand the shifting world of education policy. (www.ncrel.org/policy/curve)

U.S. Department of Education

• NCLB (www.nclb.gov/)
• No Child Left Behind: A Desktop Reference (www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/index.html?src=rt 4)
• Links to Reading resources (www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/az.html#R)
• Reading First (www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html)
• Early Reading First (www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html)

Reading Web Sites

• The National Reading Panel (www.nationalreadingpanel.org)
• The National Institute for Literacy (www.nifl.gov)
• International Reading Association (www.ira.org)
• Ask Eric search engine (ericir.syr.edu/Eric/adv_search.shtml)
• Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (www.ciera.org)

State of Iowa Web Sites

• NCLB (www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/nclb)
• Reading First (www.state.ia.us/educate/ecese/is/rf/)

Testing

• Iowa Testing Programs (www.uiowa.edu/~itp)
• ACT, Inc. (www.atc.org)

Miscellaneous

• Educational Testing Services (www.ets.org/aboutets/child)
• Education Commission of the States (nclb.ecs.org/nclb/)
• Center on Education Policy - several articles as web pages or downloadable pdf files. (www.cep-dc.org/nclb/)
• American Federation of Teachers - Slide presentation on No Child Left Behind Act, January 15, 2002. (Summary of major provisions) (PDF 276K) (www.aft.org/edissues/downloads/TitleI_PPC_Jan02.pdf)
• From The White House - NCLB (www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html)