Testing leaders, publishers offer 'best practices' guide
By Catherine Gewertz/Education Week
The test-publishing industry and state assessment leaders have come together for the first time to define a set of best practices for large-scale state testing. The result of the collaboration, released today, is a new best-practices guide intended to serve as a road map to improving state assessment procedures. The Council of Chief State School Officers, which represents commissioners of education, and the Association of Test Publishers, a nonprofit trade group, both based in Washington, coordinated its development. (more...)