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Promoting More Coherent and Balanced Accountability Systems
This paper, written for the 2018 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series, presents a framework for improving the coherence, flexibility, and balance […]
August 31, 2018
Considering Systems of Assessment in the Context of Three-Dimensional Science Standards: A Focus on District and State Layers
This paper details a number of design decisions involved with implementing a system of assessments (i.e., a balanced assessment system) […]
August 31, 2018
When It Comes to Getting Summative Information from Interim Assessments, You Can’t Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
“You can’t have your cake and eat it too,” is a well-known idiom. In the case of educational measurement, it […]
August 23, 2018
Improving Accountability: Where Do We Go From Here?
How Can We Focus on Improving Accountability Systems to Improve Student Outcomes? In recent years, assessment and accountability have become […]
August 20, 2018
Ready for RILS!
The Center at 20: Leveraging the Lessons of the Past to Improve the Impact of Assessment and Accountability Practices Much […]
August 18, 2018
Data in Schools–Understanding What It Is, How It’s Used, and How We Can Improve
An Assessment of the Primary Challenges of Using Data in Educational Decision-Making Discussions of data use in schools often lead […]
August 7, 2018
A Tricky Balance
The Challenges and Opportunities of Balanced Systems of Assessment The seminal publication, Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of […]
August 1, 2018
The Center at NCSA 2018
State assessment teams, assessment industry staff, and other assessment specialists gather each June at the CCSSO National Conference on […]
July 25, 2018
The Center at 20: Reliability of No Child Left Behind Accountability Designs
This is the first in a series of posts highlighting key pieces of work from the Center’s first 20 years. […]
July 25, 2018
When It Comes to School Ratings, Meaning Matters
What’s in a Grade, Anyway? Letter grades are a popular way to describe performance. I’m referring to those same letter […]
July 17, 2018