A practical guidebook, webinar and slides for states and districts working to implement balanced assessment systems.
Topics: Assessment
The Center responds to the Senate HELP Committee’s request for information on academic growth models.
A conceptual framework and implementation guidance that can help states examine and understand student performance data.
A collection of presentations on what it takes to implement balanced assessment systems, from the Center’s 2025 conference.
Education leaders need new strategies to protect their data and use it effectively, since moves by the Trump administration threaten their access to the data that supports good decision-making.
States should keep giving statewide tests even if the Trump administration stops enforcing federal assessment laws.
Nearly all states use a measure of student longitudinal growth in accountability. But how should states decide which growth model to use?
Students need 21st century competencies to succeed in school, work and civic life. But assessing those competencies is challenging.
Student agency is a crucial skill, but schools struggle to teach and assess it. This review explores its assessment implications.
A summary of the assessment and accountability recommendations issued by the Maryland Assessment and Accountability Task Force.
A collection of presentations on the consequential uses of assessment, from the Center’s 2024 conference.
How do attitudes and beliefs about assessment affect teaching and learning in your school? In partnership with ISTE, the Center has created a guide that’s intended to help school and […]
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators and policymakers have scrambled to assess the impact on student learning. Popular metrics that have gained traction are the notions of “years […]
In today’s globalized world, intercultural understanding is a crucial skill that fosters respectful and productive interactions among diverse populations. Such skills are especially critical in today’s workforce, which increasingly demands […]
The Center has long advocated that schools and districts undertake thoughtful reviews of the assessments they require, so they create a system of assessments that provides the information they need, […]
This report explores the three major approaches to high school testing: survey, end-of-course, and college admissions testing.
The ability to think analytically is vital in today’s world. In an era defined by rapid technological advancements, economic globalization and societal complexities, analytical thinking skills are paramount to career […]
Recent years have produced a surge in interest in improving state assessment programs. Many states are designing new assessments. Much of this innovation is aimed at addressing longstanding areas of […]