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Looking for more in-depth coverage of the standardized testing debate?  Here are some books and websites for further study:

Books and articles:

• An excellent and scholarly book on the testing culture is Standardized Minds by Peter Sacks (ISBN number 0-7382-0433-1).  It is eye-opening and thorough.
• Alfie Kohn has written many excellent books on American classrooms. His The Schools Our Children Deserve (ISBN number 0-618-08345-6) covers standardized testing and much more in a very readable format, and you might try The Case Against Standardized Testing too, (ISBN 0-325-00325-4).
• The book by Linda M. McNeil, Contradictions of School Reform (ISBN number 0-415-92074-4) covers testing and its effects on classrooms.  It is widely read.
• An article called Change and Continuity in Student Achievement from grades 3 to 5: A policy Dilemma has been cited elsewhere here. See page 5 of the document.

Websites:

• Read what author Alfie Kohn suggests for a course of action to fight the "plague" of testing.
• Read about parent protests and boycotts of testing in Scarsdale NY on CNN.com
• Read this position statement on high-stakes testing from The Alliance For Childhood, and note the signers.
• Read this position paper on standardized testing from the Association for Childhood Education International.
• Some excellent commentary from author Susan Ohanian.
• Read this Q&A on testing from the National Center for Fair And Open Testing.  They also offer recommended reading and read what parents did in Cambridge, MA!
• Read about high-stakes testing in an article from the American Association of School Administrators.
• An article on testing penned by Alfie Kohn published in Education Week.
• An op-ed piece published in the LA times by Rich Gibson is succinct.
• An excellent article in Educational Leadership by W. James Popham.
• A story published at ABC News on the testing craze is informative.
• An article published on EnterStageRight.com about killing standardized testing.
• Read about parent protests of testing on salon.com.
• One teacher's dilemma with testing, published in Education Week.
• Another review of the Scarsdale NY debacle. Published in the NY Times.