Education Guide

The 2012 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program includes four components:

California Standards Tests
California Modified Assessment
California Alternate Performance Assessment
Standards-based Tests in Spanish

From the website http://star.cde.ca.gov/star2012/AboutSTAR.aspx. Accessed 3/8/2013.

ETS conducts assessment and policy research and develops assessments and related services to advance quality and equity in learning worldwide. Our work falls into five broad areas of expertise:

Research
Assessment development
Test administration
Test scoring
Instructional products and services

From the website http://www.ets.org/about/what/. Accessed 3/8/2013.

The PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments are 2 competing tests that are designed to assess student learning under the Common Core State Standards. Some states have signed on to one, while other states have signed on to the other. California has signed on with the Smarter Balanced assessment rather than PARCC.

The PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments are 2 competing tests that are designed to assess student learning under the Common Core State Standards. Some states have signed on to one, while other states have signed on to the other. California has signed on with the Smarter Balanced assessment rather than PARCC.

For use in finding tests in the Mental Measurements Yearbook, Tests in Print, and in Tests Critiques.

Educational Testing Service test collection database contains records on over 10,000 tests and research instruments. Also includes a collection of abstracts and descriptions of almost 200 tests used with limited English proficient students, and a directory of test publishers.