Three Common Misconceptions About State Assessments
Experts shed light on key aspects of state testing: comparability, proficiency, and instructional utility.
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Perfect Test Comparability Is a Sign of Failure
The federal innovative assessment pilot has hobbled the testing improvements it aimed to promote. We can change that by rethinking test comparability.
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Including Missing Data in the Estimate of the Impact of the Pandemic on Student Learning
Part 3: The Practical Implications of COVID-19 Learning Loss Studies It has been a year since COVID-19 made it impossible for states to administer state assessment programs last spring. Since […]
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Making Sense of Recent COVID-19 Impact Studies by Interim Assessment Vendors
Part 1: The Practical Implications of COVID-19 “Learning Loss” Studies It has been a year since COVID-19 made it impossible for states to administer state assessment programs last spring. Since […]
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Test Score Meaning Under Remote Test Administration (Part 1)
Why Validity Is Threatened Under Remote Administration Conditions This is the first of two posts on planning for the examination of the validity of scores collected through remote test administration. […]
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Test Score Meaning Under Remote Test Administration (Part 2)
Mode or Accommodation? A Framework for Thinking about How Remote Administration Impacts Test Score Meaning This is the second of two posts on planning for the examination of the validity […]
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Comparability of Scores on the Same Test
In 2018, the Center was honored to be invited by the National Academy of Education to contribute two chapters to the book Comparability of Large-Scale Educational Assessments, which was released […]
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A Matter of Indifference
Current Assessments May Require New Equating Methods and Procedures to Ensure Results Will be Comparable Across Test Forms One of the fundamental tenets of equating two tests is that it […]
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