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Lorrie A. Shepard, PhD

Research Articles - High-Stakes Testing

Shepard, L. A. (2002). Standardized Tests and High-Stakes Assessment.

  In Guthrie (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Education, Vol. 6, 2nd ed, pp. 2533–2537. New York: Macmillan Reference.

Koretz, D., Linn, R.L., Dunbar, S.B., & Shepard, L.A. (1991, April). "The
  effects of high-stakes testing on achievement: Preliminary findings about generalization across tests." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. (PDF)

Shepard, L. A. (1988, April). "Should instruction be measurement driven?"
  A debate. Paper presented at the Anuual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Shepard, L.A. (1990). "Inflated test score gains: Is the problem old norms
  or teaching the test?" Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 9, 15-22.

Shepard, L. A. (1991). "Will national tests improve student learning?" Phi
  Delta Kappan, 72, 232-238.

[www.cse.ucla.edu/products/Reports/TECH342.pdf](PDF)

Shepard, L.A., & Cutts-Dougherty, K. (1991, April). Effects of high-stakes
  testing on instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. (PDF)

Taylor, G., Shepard, L., Kinner, F., & Rosenthal, J. (2000). A survey of
  teachers’ perspectives on high-stakes testing in Colorado: What gets taught, what gets lost?

[http://epicpolicy.org/]

Other important references:

Heubert, J. P., & Hauser, R. M. Eds. (1999). High stakes: Testing for
  tracking, promotion, and graduation. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

[www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=6336]

Position Statement of the American Educational Research Association
  Concerning High-Stakes Testing in PreK-12 Education.

[www.aera.net/policyandprograms/?id=378]

U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, Testing in American
  Schools: Asking the Right Questions, OTA-SET-519 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, February 1992).

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