In this presentation for the annual CRESST Conference, Scott Marion proposes a distributed accountability system for student learning.
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The Center organized a standard-setting session for a 2004 conference. The session focused on standard-setting as a process that begins with the development of content standards, rather than with the […]
How can states build alignment between what they value for truly improving teaching and learning and what they identify for inclusion in large-scale assessment? Three New England states have worked […]
The lack of coherence among the different levels of assessment within the system often leaves teachers, schools, and districts torn between mandated external testing policies and the responsibilities of teachers […]
This presentation, part of the U.S. Department of Education’s 2004 Leadership Summit on Technology, Assessment, and Accountability, examines the life cycle of assessment and accountability systems in terms of changes […]
Improving the Validity of States’ Standards-Based Assessment and Accountability Systems October 9th – 10th Agenda Session I Building Legally Defensible Accountability Systems A Federal Law/Policy Framework: Building “Single Statewide Accountability […]
This presentation examines some of the changes that have occurred with statewide assessment programs as a result of No Child Left Behind and offers suggestions for improving these systems.
This session addresses some of the toughest alignment and test design issues faced by test developers and curriculum specialists, including prioritizing content standards and building developmentally appropriate expectations across grades.
A framework for designing a program to evaluate the validity of state accountability systems is presented in this session, including examples of several possible studies.
This presentation provides a framework for conceptualizing the role of accountability in federal education law. This session addresses key questions for designing single state accountability systems.
This presentation, given at the 2003 Large Scale Assessment Conference, describes two ways that a longitudinal, value-added accountability system could be used in a state’s NCLB accountability plan.
This presentation, given at the 2003 Large Scale Assessment Conference, outlines a major issue with NCLB accountability designs that must be rectified: The law requires that Adequate Yearly Progress designations […]
This presentation, given at the 2003 Large Scale Assessment Conference, presents evidence that analytic scores of writing assessments are usually highly correlated–and, in fact, often correlated as highly as the […]
High quality local assessment systems may offer great promise for truly improving teaching and learning. Yet these designs are not without their challenges. In this CCSSO presentation we discuss and […]
High quality local assessment systems may offer great promise for truly improving teaching and learning. Yet these designs are not without their challenges. In this CCSSO presentation we discuss and […]
Implementing the NCLB Act: Alignment, Reliability, Rationality October 10th – 11th Agenda Session I Reliable Accountability Design Decisions and NCLB: What to Do, and What Not to DoRichard Hill, Center […]
A second presentation by Richard Hill to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Institute on data-driven decision making.
This presentation is a summary of two studies on writing conducted for Pennsylvania. Copies of the full papers on the two studies are available on this website: Analyses of the […]