This paper is the final report of a study of the effects of test interruptions in three states. It includes results of the study as well as recommendations for capturing […]
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This paper, presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education in Washington, DC, describes the increased departure from performance standards and cut scores that simply […]
This paper was written in response to claims made in Stephen Sireci et al’s 2016 critique of Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs). It presents evidence and rationale to support appropriate use […]
This paper defines comparability, reviews the literature, and provides recommendations for states when submitting assessments to Title I Peer Review. Created in partnership with Council of Chief State School Officers, […]
This paper helps policymakers understand a number of characteristics of the array of existing student growth measures. It also aids assessment policymakers in selecting a growth measure by situating the […]
This paper discusses how the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (2014) were used in the development of a framework for evaluating assessment quality. The authors highlight how the structure […]
This document, written by Brian Gong and Thanos Patelis, describes the Center for Assessment’s methodology for evaluating the test content components of the Council of Chief State School Officers’ (CCSSO) […]
In 2015, the Center for Assessment worked with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) to develop this document annotating the assessment peer review guidance as of that time. […]
In recent years, several states have experienced technology failures with their computer-based summative tests that have led to administration interruptions. This paper provides a review of the literature and a […]
This paper provides guidelines for establishing performance criteria within an educator evaluation system. It was written to support state and district practitioners‚ those typically tasked with designing such systems. But […]
This paper highlights technical, practical, and policy considerations for using student growth percentiles during the assessment transition (generally 2014 to 2015) period to support state accountability efforts. It recommends analyses […]
This handbook and corresponding PowerPoints provide a guide for building range and target performance-level descriptors for large-scale assessments that are designed for the multiple purposes of measuring student achievement and […]
This brief highlights key findings from the report, “State Practices Related to the Use of Student Achievement Measures in the Evaluation of Teachers in Non-tested Subjects,” which outlines current practices […]
The Center for Assessment and the Center for Assessment Design, Research and Evaluation (CADRE) developed this report to help districts in Colorado understand some of the technical design and policy […]
This paper provides a framework to support the conceptualization and development of a comprehensive validation plan uniquely aligned to a defined educator evaluation system.
After an initial report of findings on the effect of testing interruptions in Indiana, legislators asked whether the overall finding of “no impact” could be a function of two factors […]
This white paper provides an overview for policymakers of the reasons that score comparisons across assessments are especially important now, and explores what is likely to be possible and impossible […]
In Spring, 2013, Indiana students experienced interruptions while taking the ISTEP+ on-line. This report describes the nature of the interruptions and estimates the impact of the interruptions on student scores.