This PowerPoint presentation, part of a web seminar sponsored by the National Center on Educational Outcomes on Best Practices in Science Teaching and Testing for Students with Severe Cognitive Disabilities, […]
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Comprehensive Assessment Systems to Improve Student Learning October 4th-6th Agenda Session I Comprehensive Assessment SystemsStanley Rabinowitz, WestEd Session II Establishing Learning Goals for Formative AssessmentBrian Gong, Center for Assessment Session […]
This presentation, from the Council of Chief State School Officers’ 2006 conference on large-scale assessment, is an overview of the key features of formative and classroom assessment systems.
This presentation, from the 2006 Council of Chief State School Officers’ conference on large-scale assessment, presents a framework for establishing achievement standards for alternate assessments for students with the most […]
This presentation, from the Council of Chief State School Officers’ 2006 conference on large-scale assessment, includes a summary of the technical documentation work completed thus far as part of the […]
This workshop, associated with the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) 2006 meeting in San Francisco, was designed to familiarize participants with the types of growth models that could […]
Wrestling With High School Assessment and Accountability September 29th – 30th Agenda Session I Overview of High School Goals and AssessmentsMark Musick, SREBDiscussant:Laura Slover, Achieve Session II Challenges in Assessing […]
This presentation outlines a framework for designing high school accountability systems including considerations of multiple levels of the educational system as well as the multiple dimensions of educational reform.
This presentation provides an overview of how local assessments may be used in relation to state accountability systems, and outlines issues of quality control for local assessments. The presentation was […]
This presentation provides an overview of different types of school performance, including student growth, and introduces key issues in defining a student growth model that could be used in holding […]
This presentation provides an approach for thinking about the validity of accountability systems, and provides several examples of how system design decisions may impact the validity of a school accountability […]
Slides of a paper presenting introductory concepts of value tables, presented at the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Large Scale Assessment Conference in June 2005.
This presentation advocates several practical changes to increase reliability and validity of No Child Left Behind school accountability decisions, notably through a two-stage model, with less reliance on high minimum […]
This presentation, from NCME’s 2005 conference, describes several adjustments that could be made to increase the validity of adequate-yearly-progress (AYP) decisions without changing the NCLB statute.
This presentation examines design decisions policymakers should consider when deciding if and how to incorporate student growth or value-added models into their school accountability systems.
Incorporating Measures of Student Growth Into State Accountability Systems October 7th – 8th Agenda Session I Validity Considerations When Measuring GrowthScott Marion, Center for Assessment Session II Vertically-Articulated Content Standards, […]
What questions should be asked about vertical scales and growth modeling in a construct-validity context?
This presentation outlines some basic requirements and methods for creating vertical score scales. It also discusses how to adapt alignment protocols to evaluate the alignment of vertical scales.