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The Need for Program Evaluation to Support Accountability Implementation
How Summer Grilling Illustrates the Differences Between Formative and Summative Evaluation When I last discussed the need for program evaluation to support […]
December 5, 2018
Text Dependent Analysis for 21st Century Education
An Item Type to Drive Deeper Instruction and Improve Curriculum Decisions The world of work in the 21st Century requires that […]
November 27, 2018
Stop Training the Trainers
Moving Toward a Research-Based Approach for Improving Assessment Literacy “Train-the-trainers” is commonly employed as an approach for attempting to spread […]
November 15, 2018
Establishing Performance Standards for School Accountability Systems
This paper outlines recommended principles to guide the establishment of a standard-setting process for accountability systems and describes a framework […]
November 13, 2018
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Operations and Quality Control in School Accountability Systems
This paper outlines practical guidelines and considerations as states get their accountability systems up and running. The authors describe a […]
November 13, 2018
Designing a Coherent System of Accountability Across ESSA and Perkins V
How Considering ESSA and Perkins V as Complementary Parts of a Larger Accountability System Can Help States be Better Aligned […]
October 31, 2018
What We Can Learn From Bill Belichick About Assessment Literacy
Bill Belichick is a famous football coach known for his dry humor and non-answer answers to questions from the media. […]
October 31, 2018
Local Accountability: The Forgotten Element in Education Reform
This paper, produced in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC), addresses the purposes and principles of […]
October 31, 2018
How RILS Helps Define a Path Forward for Educational Assessment and Accountability
A Vision for More Effective Practices in the Future This post is one of several recapping the Reidy Interactive Lecture […]
October 24, 2018
Guidance for Examining District Alternate Assessment Participation Rates
Carla Evans and Chris Domaleski prepared a technical brief with the National Center on Educational Outcomes to help states implement […]
October 9, 2018