Education Standards & Educational Testing Services
The most standard form of educational evaluations is education standards tests and subject matter tests. Educational measurement is the use of tests and other devices to determine students' abilities, their achievements, and the effectiveness of educational programs. Below are links to educational standards and educational testing services information.
American Council on Education: General Educational Development Testing Service
Find GED test information such as content, construction, scoring, foreign language and special editions of the test, and contact details.
College Board: College Entrance Examinations and Preparations Guide
Find interactive examples of financial aid work sheets, questions, and using the Internet plus details, exercises, and Internet links.
Educational Testing Service Network: Graduate Record Examinations Guide
Find out how to prepare for the Graduate Record Examination, see test dates, and get registration, sample questions, and reference material.
Educational Testing Service: Admission and Occupational Testing Information Guide
Review discussions on the importance of test preparation and find test dates, online registration, sample questions, and test information.
Educational Testing Service: Test of English as a Foreign Language
Find test-taking tips, questions and study materials for the TOEFL, a test to assess English proficiency in nonnative English. speakers.
Fair Test: National Center for Fair and Open Testing
View fact sheets, a list of schools not require standardized tests for admission, and articles from the quarterly newsletter Examiner.
Graduate Management Admission Test: Masters of Business Administration Explorer Guide
Find an annotated list of instructional materials, informational events, and procedures for resolving religious conflicts or disabilities.
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Standardized Educational Testing Information Guide
Browse a short directory of resources on standardized testing with links to Educational Testing Service and Kaplan Educational Centers.
Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory: Educational Standards and Benchmarks Information Guide
View eight questions educators should ask when considering implementing standards at the local level and see a collection of K-12 standards.
Mid-Continental Regional Education Laboratory: Connections Curriculum and Standards Guide
Get an informative monograph on educational standards plus links to standards-setting organizations and lesson plans, activities, and more.
National Academy of Sciences: National Science Education Standards Guide
View guide for setting separate standards for teaching, curriculum content, programs and systems, professional development, and assessment.
Putnam Valley Schools, New York: Charles Hill: Educational Standards Development Guide
Read articles supporting and criticizing standards-based education and view a collection of sites exploring national curriculum standards.
Secondary School Admission Test Board
Learn about the SSAT and how to register online and view a directory of member schools with school descriptions and contact information.
Umea Universitet, Sweden: Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test
Get an overview of a test measuring aptitude for higher education with subtests on language and mathematics skills and logical thinking.
United State Department of Education: State Curriculum Frameworks and Content Standards
Take a look at the document draft on curriculum standards improvement from September 1995 consisting of abstracts of standards for states.
Virginia State Department of Education: Standards of Learning Information Guide
See standards widely regarded as the best state standards in the country on English, history and social science, mathematics, and science.