The Center for Assessment produced this document to help state assessment leaders and technical advisors plan for and conduct analyses of their spring 2021 state assessment results in order to […]
Topics: Comparability
This presentation provides an introduction to theories of action in the context of balanced assessment systems. The goal of this work is to make explicit the key design decisions that […]
This paper analyzes the policy challenges and provides recommendations associated with having college admissions tests meet federal assessment requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
This peer-reviewed article describes methods that the Center for Assessment tested that strengthen the comparability claims about the annual determinations of student proficiency in New Hampshire’s Performance Assessment of Competency […]
This paper was submitted to the United States Department of Education (ED) in September 2016 as comments on the proposed ESSA federal regulations (§200.77) for the section 1204 Innovative Assessment […]
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 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 […]
This document helps to reveal and clarify for policymakers many of the issues involved in comparing the performance of students, schools, districts, and states.
This presentation on issues to consider when comparing results across years was delivered at the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Large Scale Assessment conference, Nashville, Tenn., June 2007.
This paper outlines issues to consider when comparing results across years.