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  1. Centralization in US Education Policy Has Been Tried and Tried Again, and Failed

    Article • Journal of School Choice, May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  2. Peer Review: A Tarnished "Gold Standard"

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2025, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  3. College Board Goes to Trade School

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2025, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  4. Introduction

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  5. Preface

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  6. Conclusion

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  7. Chapter 7 The Permanent Education Press

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  8. Chapter 5 The Education Reform Cartel

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  9. About the Author

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  10. Chapter 1 The View from 2001

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  11. Chapter 3 The Education Establishment Cartel

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  12. Chapter 8 The View from 2023‌‌

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  13. Chapter 4 Linchpin of the Cartel Alliance

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  14. Chapter 2 The Triumph of Strategic Scholarship

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  15. Chapter 6 A Dense Web of Common Core Confederates

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Richard P Phelps

  16. The US Test Mess

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2023, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  17. Malfunction of US Education Policy

    Article • January 2023, Bloomsbury Academic

    Richard P Phelps

  18. The Human Intelligence Debate

    Article • Academic Questions, October 2022, National Association of Scholars

    Richard P Phelps

  19. The Politicization of Education Research and the AERA

    Article • August 2021, National Association of Scholars

    Richard P Phelps

  20. In Defense of Sandra Stotsky

    Article • Academic Questions, May 2021, National Association of Scholars

    Richard P Phelps

  21. Down the Memory Hole: Evidence on Educational Testing

    Article • Academic Questions, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard P Phelps

  22. A Critical Review of 'Getting Tough? The Impact of High School Graduation Exams'

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2020, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  23. Test Frequency, Stakes, and Feedback in Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis

    Article • Evaluation Review, June 2019, SAGE Publications

    Richard P Phelps

  24. A Decade in the Paranoid World of US Education Research, Part 1: The Scoldings

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2019, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  25. Does College Board Deserve Public Subsidies?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2018, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  26. The Council of Chief State School Officers and National Governors Association: Whom Do They Serve?

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2018, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  27. The Organization Named Achieve: Cradle of Common Core Cronyism

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2018, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  28. Real Clear Propaganda: Bellwether’s Education News Bias

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2018, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  29. Kill the Messenger

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  30. The Agony of Defeat (The Consequences of Losing the War: The Alternatives to Standardized Testing)

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  31. The Battlefield (Testing Systems and Testing Interests)

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  32. War Correspondence (Media Coverage of Testing)

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  33. Attack Strategies and Tactics

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  34. Campaigns: The Big, Bad SAT

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  35. Campaigns: Texas, the Early Years

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  36. The Fruits of Victory (Benefits of Testing)

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  37. Campaigns: Texas, the Presidential Election Year 2000

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  38. The Spoils of War (Valid Concerns about Testing)

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  39. Prologue: The Revolution of the Intellectuals

    Article • September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  40. “Teaching To the Test” Family of Fallacies

    Article • Revista Iberoamericana de Evaluación Educativa, January 2017, Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

    Richard P Phelps

  41. It's a Myth: High Stakes Causes Test Score Inflation (Presentation Slides)

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  42. Daniel Koretz’s Big Con: The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better, by Daniel Koretz (Book Review)

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2017, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  43. Estimates of Enhanced Outcomes in Employment, Income, Health, and Volunteerism for The Association of Boarding Schools Member School Graduates

    Article • Journal of Advanced Academics, June 2015, SAGE Publications

    Richard P Phelps

  44. Synergies for better learning: an international perspective on evaluation and assessment

    Article • Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  45. A Myron Lieberman Bibliography

    Article • Journal of School Choice, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  46. The Cork in the Bottle

    Article • Journal of School Choice, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  47. Introduction: Myron Lieberman—Knowledgeable, Forthright, Independent … Rare

    Article • Journal of School Choice, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  48. Educational Morass Forever

    Article • Journal of School Choice, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  49. Dismissive Reviews: Academe’s Memory Hole

    Article • Academic Questions, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Richard P Phelps

  50. The Effect of Testing on Student Achievement, 1910–2010

    Article • International Journal of Testing, January 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  51. Predictors of Long-Term Enrollment and Degree Outcomes for Community College Students: Integrating Academic, Psychosocial, Socio-demographic, and Situational Factors

    Article • The Journal of Higher Education, November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  52. The Source of Lake Wobegon

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2010, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  53. Standardized testing - By Richard P Phelps

    Article • British Journal of Educational Technology, April 2009, Wiley

    Richard P Phelps

  54. Correcting fallacies about educational and psychological testing.

    Article • January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard P Phelps

  55. Trends in Large-Scale Testing Outside the United States

    Article • Educational Measurement Issues and Practice, October 2005, Wiley

    Richard P Phelps

  56. Are U.S. Students the Most Heavily Tested on Earth?

    Article • Educational Measurement Issues and Practice, October 2005, Wiley

    Richard P Phelps

  57. Defending Standardized Testing

    Article • February 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  58. Quality Control in Curriculum and Instruction Among the Top Performers in the TIMSS

    Article • Evaluation Review, August 2001, SAGE Publications

    Richard P Phelps

  59. Book Review: High stakes: Testing for tracking, promotion, and graduation,

    Article • Educational and Psychological Measurement, December 2000, SAGE Publications

    Richard P Phelps

  60. 10.1037/e432152005-001

    Article • January 2000, CrossRef Test Account

    Richard P Phelps

  61. 10.1037/e432102005-001

    Article • January 2000, CrossRef Test Account

    Richard P Phelps

  62. The Demand for Standardized Student Testing

    Article • Educational Measurement Issues and Practice, September 1998, Wiley

    Richard P Phelps

  63. The effect of university host community size on state growth

    Article • Economics of Education Review, April 1998, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  64. The Extent and Character of System-Wide Student Testing in the United States

    Article • Educational Assessment, April 1997, Taylor & Francis

    Richard P Phelps

  65. Education System Benefits of U.S. Metric Conversion

    Article • Evaluation Review, February 1996, SAGE Publications

    Richard P Phelps

  66. Career academies: Partnerships for reconstructing American high schools

    Article • Economics of Education Review, June 1995, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  67. Book Review: The Fractured Marketplace for Standardized Testing

    Article • Economics of Education Review, January 1994, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  68. Songs of the American Hobo

    Article • The Journal of Popular Culture, September 1983, Wiley

    Richard P Phelps

  69. Facilitating the Interstate Migration of Unemployed Workers

    Article • The Public Historian, April 1982, University of California Press

    Richard P Phelps

  70. Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard P Phelps

  71. Educational achievement testing: Critiques and rebuttals.

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard P Phelps

  72. Standardized Testing

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Richard P Phelps

  73. School Funding

    Article • SAGE Publications

    Richard P Phelps

  74. Effect of Testing on Student Achievement: Meta-Analyses and Research Summary

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard P Phelps

  75. Education Establishment Bias? A Look at the National Research Council's Critique of Test Utility Studies

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Richard P Phelps

  76. Worse than Plagiarism? Firstness Claims and Dismissive Reviews (Presentation Slides)

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  77. On the Reporting of Measurement Uncertainty and Reliability for U.S. Educational and Licensure Tests: Report to Ofqual

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps

  78. Overreach in High-Stakes Testing: The case of Chilees National University Admission Test (PSU) (Presentation Slides)

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Elsevier

    Richard P Phelps