The Operational Best Practices for Accountability are intended to provide states with guidance and criteria for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and potential revision of accountability systems under ESSA. These […]
Topics: Design
From Session 3 of the 2021 Convening on Through-Year Assessment: Technical and logistical issues associated with through-year designs are not for the faint of heart. What sounds like a simple […]
From Session 1 of the 2021 Convening on Through-Year Assessment: Given the considerable variety of designs using the terms “through course,” “through year,” “distributed assessment,” or others, we start the […]
This paper, supported by the Council of Chief State School Officers, provides guidance to help education leaders tackle accountability design and implementation decisions in light of the challenges of the […]
School characteristics or context can often impede a state’s ability to produce or implement a standard accountability system for all schools. This paper, prepared for the Council of Chief State […]
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 paper outlines practical guidelines and considerations as states get their accountability systems up and running. The authors describe a framework that states can use to guide the development of […]
This brief provides recommendations to support state education agencies in establishing coherent state plans for ESSA and Perkins. It highlights key touchpoints across the two laws and explains how the […]
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) addresses concerns about the effects of high-stakes achievement tests by authorizing a pilot program that allows up to seven states to apply for a […]
Scott Marion argues on behalf of several states for a principled approach to using an equity indicator in their ESSA accountability system designs.
Scott Marion provides a rationale for states interested in using an achievement index in their ESSA accountability system designs.
This paper describes the requirements of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) regarding the indicator for student success and school quality—often called the 5th indicator—and offers advice to states on […]
This paper supports state leaders as they create theories of action to support the design of high-quality accountability systems.
This document, published in conjunction with Knowledge Works, provides a detailed guide to help state and district leaders create detailed theories of action, particularly for innovative assessment systems.
This memo to U.S. Education Secretary John King was jointly prepared by the Center for Assessment and KnowledgeWorks in March 2016 to advise on the implementation of the Innovative Assessment […]
This brief provides an overview of the school accountability requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act and outlines a process to help state leaders in the design of their systems.
This report documents the framework and design of Wyoming’s educational accountability systems. It was produced by the Wyoming Select Committee on Statewide Education Accountability.
A presentation, given at the 2005 MARCES Conference on Longitudinal Modeling of Student Achievement, that outlines issues associated with using Value Tables as part of an accountability system.