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Scope and Contents Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) technical reports, "Evaluation for School Improvement: Try-Out of a Comprehensive School-Based Model," 1987, "The Texas Teacher Test," 1987, and related materials re CRESST; materials against standardized testing, by FairTest: National Center for Fair & Open Testing and New York Campaign for Genuine Accountability in Education; paper, "The Tests: Trivial or Toxic?" by Susan Harmon,...

Scope and Contents National Association of Secondary School Principals publication, Beyond Standardized Testing: Assessing Authentic Academic Achievement in the Secondary School, Doug Archbald and Fred Newmann, 1988; "What to Say after You've Said, 'Let's Use Alternative Assessment!'" San Diego City Schools; paper, "Tests as Standards of Achievement in Schools," Lauren B. Resnick, University of Pittsburgh, prepared for Educational Testing Service Conference,...

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Presentation points, "Public School Performance on the 1990 and 2000 Elementary-Level and Middle-Level Assessments; Exit Level Comparison Math: Texas, Ohio and New York; letter from State Education Department re component retesting, February 2001; letter from Cortese to Commissioner Mills re NYSUT position on science and math tests, June 7, 2001

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New Zealand Department of Education public discussion document, "Assessment for Better Learning," 1989; CRESST technical report, "Can We Fairly Measure the Quality of Education?" c. 1988; correspondence and materials from National Assessment Governing Board, June 14, 1990; newspaper clippings; handwritten notes

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Drafts of report of NYSUT Task Force on Student Assessment, "Multiple Choices: Reforming Student Testing in New York State"

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Articles about proposals for national standards; reading comprehension tests developed by teacher Norman Zierier, Utica, and correspondence with Cortese, 1991

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Report of the National Commission on Testing and Public Policy, "From Gatekeeper to Gateway: Transforming Testing in America," 1990; materials re portfolio assessment; article reprints and clippings; memo re proposed legislation banning testing below 3rd grade

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State Education Department booklet, "Essential Elements of Standards-Focused Middle-Level Schools and Programs," n.d.; invoice for writing and editing Task Force on Student Assessment report, January 23, 1990; correspondence with educators in United Kingdom

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Draft report of task force, with cover letter to NYSUT Board of Directors, November 21, 1990; revised draft, December 5, 1990

Scope and Contents NYSUT press release re Hart survey, "Poll: New Yorkers Want to Take Back the Schools," March 16, 1995; memo from Hart Research to AFL-CIO, "Executive Summary of Focus Group Findings on Union Members' Political Attitudes," noting only weak identification with Democratic party, apathy toward Republican Congress, disengagement from politics, and sympathy toward conservative viewpoints, September 19, 1995; Hart survey, "Attitudes toward Public Education: A Survey of New...