January.

• http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/120130crat_atlarge_gopnik
• http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lehrer
• http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-alaska-hunt-20120118,0,1078567.story?2344344234

February. (Voting Rights)

• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/voting-and-racial-history.html?ref=votingrightsact1965
• http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/voting-rights-and-responsibilities/?ref=votingrightsact1965

March. (Research Paper)

• http://standardizedtests.procon.org/#background
• compare: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/schools/etc/guide.html
• http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/test-scores-article-1.1032155?localLinksEnabled=false
• no: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,999416-1,00.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/nyregion/in-brooklyn-hard-working-teachers-sabotaged-when-student-test-scores-slip.html
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/ny-regent-dont-link-teacher-evaluation-to-test-scores/2011/05/17/AFsJFr5G_blog.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/us/robert-glaser-cognitive-psychologist-and-expert-on-student-testing-dies-at-91.html
• http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2012/02/13/classroom-based-assessment-should-replace-no-child-experts-say
• http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/should_standardized_tests_be_used_to_assess_the_progress_of_nclb.xml
• Visual: http://standardizedtests.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=4346
• http://ideas.time.com/2012/01/06/in-defense-of-no-child-left-behind/
• Alfie Kohn: http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/staiv.htm
• For reference (not cpr): http://www.app.com/article/20120219/NJOPINION06/302190011/Standardized-tests-a-blessing-or-a-curse-

Arg Essay CPRs

• http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_19990696?IADID
• http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/nyregion/in-brooklyn-hard-working-teachers-sabotaged-when-student-test-scores-slip.html