How Do State Leaders Want to Change the Every Student Succeeds Act?
ESSA is widely criticized, but our new survey shows that most assessment and accountability leaders favor few changes.
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ESSA is widely criticized, but our new survey shows that most assessment and accountability leaders favor few changes.
Read MoreTest security has typically focused on preventing, detecting and acting on irregularities. But it should also support fairness and equity.
Read MoreScore reports are crucial to a through-year assessment system. We interviewed users of Montana’s new system to see how they interpreted and planned to use information from score reports.
Read MoreDr. Scott Marion, the executive director of the Center for Assessment, will step down from that post effective September 2025. Scott isn’t leaving the Center, however; he’ll be deepening and […]
Read MoreCenter Experts’ Book Sheds Light on Key Issue Many education leaders and vendors claim that a range of standardized assessments can provide information that’s instructionally useful for teachers. Such claims […]
Read MoreWashington, June 12, 2024 — The sponsoring organizations of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (the Standards) – the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the National Council […]
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