Citations

Grassroots Organizations

  1. Grassroots Education Movement. Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://gemnyc.org
  2. Katz, N. Time Out From Testing. Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://timeoutfromtesting.org/
  3. Change the Stakes. Retrieved December 6, 2014, from https://changethestakes.wordpress.com/
  4. High Stakes Testing. (2014). Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://www.saveourschoolsnj.org/high-stakes-testing/
  5. About Choose to Refuse NJ – Choose to Refuse NJ. Retrieved December 6, 2014, from https://sites.google.com/site/choosetorefusenj/about-our-organization
  6. Oregon Save Our Schools. (2012). Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://oregonsaveourschools.blogspot.com/p/high-stakes-testing_23.html
  7. More than a Score Chicago. Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://morethanascorechicago.org
  8. Texans Advocating for Meaningful Student Assessment. Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://www.tamsatx.org/
  9. Re-Thinking Testing: Mid-Hudson. (2013). Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://rethinkingtestingmidhudson.blogspot.com/

Social Media/Icon Pictures

  1. Hagopian, J. (2011). Twitter page. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from https://twitter.com/JessedHagopian
  2. Save Our Schools. (2014).Teachers appreciation week webinar. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from http://saveourschoolsmarch.org/event/teacher-appreciation-week-save-our-schools-webinar/
  3. Testing is not teaching. (2011). Twitter page. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from https://twitter.com/TINTofPBC
  4. Bad ass teacher. Twitter page. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from https://twitter.com/BAT_teacher
  5. Fair Test. (2010). Twitter page. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from https://twitter.com/FairTestOffice
  6. Fair Test. (2007). The dangerous consequences of high-stakes standardized testing. Received December 4, 2014, from http://www.fairtest.org/dangerous-consequences-highstakes-standardized-tes
  7. Dey Project. Twitter page. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from https://twitter.com/DEY_Project
  8. Oklahoma Coalition Against High-Stakes Testing. (2013). Received December 4, 2014, from https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaCoalitionAgainstHighStakesTesting/timeline
  9. Parents and Kids Against Standardized Testing. Received December 4, 2014, from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parents-Kids-Against-Standardized-Testing/117479641627357
  10. Ravitch, D. (2012). Received December 4, 2014, from http://dianeravitch.net/2014/11/30/bob-shepherd-why-parcc-testing-is-meaningless-and-useless/

Articles (Peer Reviewed and Practitioner-oriented articles)

  1. Berliner, D. (2011). Rational Responses To High Stakes Testing: The Case Of Curriculum Narrowing And The Harm That Follows. Cambridge Journal of Education, 41(3), 287-302.
  2. Minarechová, M. (2012). Negative impacts of high-stakes testing. Journal of Pedagogy, 3(1), 82-100.
  3. McNeil, M. (2013). Rifts deepen over direction of education policy in u.s. Education Week 32(30).
  4. Reid, K. (2014). Testing skeptics’ advice: just say no. Education Week volume. 33(24).

 Pictures/Quotes

  1. Ravitch, D. (2011). About Diane. Retrieved December 4, 2014, from http://dianeravitch.com/about-diane/
  2. Harmon, J. (2013, December 20). Glory Tobiason: SRM Student Warns Against High-Stakes Testing for Pre-K. Retrieved December 8, 2014, from http://ampersand.gseis.ucla.edu/glory-tobiason-srm-graduate-student-warns-against-high-stakes-testing-for-ages-3-5/
  3. Teaching for Change. (2012, April 15). Retrieved December 8, 2014, from http://www.teachingforchange.org/stand-against-high-stakes-testing
  4. Stanford, J. (2012, October 31). Updated: Flower Mound Robbery, Lewisville Carjacking – Three Caught, One At Large. Retrieved December 8, 2014, from http://lewisvilletexan.com/xoops/index.php?storytopic=0&start=620
  5. Inglee, J. (2013, April 3). Furious Parents Fight Against the Excessive Testing Mania in Texas. Retrieved December 3, 2014, from http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/03/fifteen-standardized-tests-too-many-one-student-not-texas
  6. Naithram, R. (2014, August 20). Poll: Parents Want an End to the Testing Obsession – NEA Today. Retrieved December 3, 2014, from http://neatoday.org/2014/08/20/poll-parents-want-an-end-to-the-testing-obsession/
  7. Evans, J. (2013, November 4). Problems With Standardized Testing. Retrieved December 3, 2014, from http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_Test_Problems_Seven/
  8. New York City Eye. (2012, June 3). Retrieved December 5, 2014, from http://nycityeye.blogspot.com/2012/06/not-just-field-tests-across-us-parents.html
  9. Klonsky, F. The Opt Out Update with a Parent Get Tough Guide. Retrieved December 8, 2014, from http://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2014/03/16/opt-out-actions-state-by-state-with-a-parent-get-tough-guide/
  10. Newton, S. (2014, April 9). Put an end to harmful high-stakes student testing. Retrieved December 8, 2014, from http://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/04/09/put-end-harmful-high-stakes-student-testing/7515559/
  11. International Socialist Organization. (2014, March 11). The wrong reforms for our school. Retrieved December 9, 2014, from http://socialistworker.org/2013/03/11/wrong-reforms-for-our-schools
  12. Salon Media Group. (2014). High stakes testing the new child labor. Retrieved December 12, 2014, from http://open.salon.com/blog/bobbosphere/2014/04/05/high_stakes_testing_the_new_child_labor

Videos

  1. Hurst, M. (2014). High-Stakes Testing: Accountability and Problems. Retrieved December 5, 2014, from http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/high-stakes-testing-accountability-and-problems.html
  2. Refuse the Tests. (2014, March 27). Retrieved December 4, 2014, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ayYajsQjg8

Facts

  1. Meador, D. (2014). What You Need to Know About Standardized Testing. Retrieved December 5, 2014, from http://teaching.about.com/od/assess/a/Standardized-Testing.htm
  2. How Does High-Stakes Testing Benefits Students? (2012). Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://www.teach-nology.com/litined/assessment/high_stakes/
  3. Munoz, R. (2014, December 4). High Stakes Testing Pros and Cons. Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://www.education.com/magazine/article/high-stakes-testing-pros-cons/
  4. Johnson, D., & Johnson, B. (2009, December 23). High Stakes Testing. Retrieved December 6, 2014, from http://www.education.com/reference/article/high-stakes-testing1/