Examines the controversy surrounding the administration of the Metropolitan Achievement Test on reading and the subsequent recall of the results data by the chancellor of the New York City schools. (IRT)

Examines some prominent features of currently available mathematics tests to see how well they serve their claimed ends, and describes tests that are validated against tasks that incorporate the mathematical skills children are interested in and capable of doing. (Author/IRT)

Provides a cursory comparison of four popular social studies achievement tests, discusses the relationship between the subject matter and the test, and provides examples of new methods of testing that give the teacher and the class tools for summarizing and interpreting what they are learning as they work together. (Author/IRT)