http://www.k8achievement.com/index.html
This page provides practice achievement tests for different subjects, grades 3 through 8. Results can be printed, and answers for missed questions are not provided to the students in order to encourage them to master that area and come back and retake the test. This is a helpful site, for teachers, and even parents at home who want to help their children prepare for their TAKS or any other state testing.
Ed.gov
The Education page has a section where they provide tips, interventions, strategies, and link to other pages on the internet that provide more information about what the achievement tests measure, how they were developed and even some sample questions. The three main areas for achievement testing include Reading- http://www.ed.gov/nclb/methods/reading/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln
Mathematics- http://www.ed.gov/nclb/methods/math/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln
Science - http://www.ed.gov/nclb/methods/math/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln
Providing teachers and parents more information about these achievement tests, as long as practice opportunities and a better understanding at what it consists off, will certainly help parents help their children, as well as teacher better prepare their students for when the day comes.
http://www.sharingsuccess.org/code/bv/testing.pdf
This is more of a general knowledge, data and informational page where they explain and talk about High Stakes Testing, how they are required by the government, the effect they have, they research behind them and more. It seems liked a good page, for those parents who might think high stakes tests should not be required.
