English Writing Space: Standardized Testing Research References

1. How are those who fail on standardized tests (schools and students) affected? ??????????? Kearns, L. (2011). High-stakes Standardized Testing and Marginalized Youth: An Examination of the Impact on Those Who Fail. Canadian Journal Of Education, 34(2), 112-130. This study examines the impact of high-stakes, large-scale, standardized literacy testing on youth who have failed the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test through interviews and more. ??????????? Portelli, J., Solomon, R., Barrett, S., & Mujawamariya, D. (2005). Standardized Teacher Testing Fails Excellence and Validity Tests. Teaching Education, 16(4), 281-295. doi:10.1080/10476210500345482 ??????????? This paper analyzes data from a project regarding teacher candidates towards the process and content of the Ontario Teacher Qualifying Test (OTQT), a mandatory, standardized, pencil and paper initial teacher qualification test.? ??????????? WILIAM, D. (2010). Standardized Testing and School Accountability. Educational Psychologist, 45(2), 107-122. doi:10.1080/00461521003703060 ??????????? This article explores the use of standardized tests to hold schools accountable. ??????????? Graham, C., & Neu, D. (2004). Standardized testing and the construction of governable persons. Journal Of Curriculum Studies, 36(3), 295-319. doi:10.1080/0022027032000167080 There has been little consideration of how today's standardized testing practices have arisen. The current study provides a chronology of standardized testing within Alberta, Canada. ??????????? McCollum, D. L. (2011). The Deficits of Standardized Tests: Countering the Culture of Easy Numbers. Assessment Update, 23(2), 3-5. The article presents an analysis on the validity of the Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA), which requires the use of either of several assessments to measure student learning. It offers definition of validity which focus on supporting the use of test's scores.

In summary, there were many peer reviewed articles within the EBSCO database regarding my question and topic.?

What I found especially interesting was that the effects of standardized testing are not only evident at elementary and secondary schools, but also at colleges (as mentioned in the second citation) and also that it contains countless side effects mainly resulting from the high stakes these tests present affecting schools, staff, and students.?

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