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Our resources address key issues in our field to help assessment and accountability leaders, policy makers, and practitioners design and implement systems that promote improved outcomes for students.

We proudly generate white papers, policy briefs, videos, toolkits, and other products to support you and your organization in navigating the most important issues facing our field. We focus on the design and validation of assessment and accountability systems to support next generation  learning initiatives. Our resources are freely available via Creative Commons 4.0 license, which allows users to use, adapt, and/or share the material as needed with proper attribution.

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Score Comparability Across Computerized Assessment Delivery Devices

Nathan Dadey
Jun 18, 2016
Accountability

This paper defines comparability, reviews the literature, and provides recommendations for states when submitting to Title 1 Peer Review.

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Comparability in Balanced Assessment Systems for State Accountability

Carla Evans
Dec 31, 2017
Educational Measurement

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&#821…

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Presentation

Threading the Needle

Nathan DadeyWill LoriéBrian GongScott Marion
Nov 16, 2021
Education Policy

From Session 4 of the 2021 Convening: The final session will involve turning the tables.

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Presentation

Exploring the IADA Innovation Process: Opportunities and Challenges

Carla EvansScott Marion
Sep 24, 2021
Education Policy

Part 1: Challenges From Session 6 of RILS 2021: The Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority under the Every Student Succeeds Act was purportedly created to provide space for states to design and…

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Comparability Options for States Applying for the Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority: Comments Submitted to the United States Department of Education Regarding Proposed ESSA Regulations

Susan Lyons
Sep 07, 2016
Education Policy

This paper was submitted to the United States Department of Education (ED) in September 2016 as comments on the proposed ESSA federal regulations (§200.

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Score Comparability across Computerized Assessment Delivery Devices

Charles DePascale
Jun 30, 2016
Educational Measurement

This report, commissioned in 2016 by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Technical Issues In Large-Scale Assessment (TILSA) State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCAS…

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Different But the Same: Assessment & comparability in the era of the Common Core State Standards

Brian GongCharles DePascale
Jul 28, 2013
Educational Measurement

Developed for CCSSO, this white paper provides an overview for policy-makers of the reasons why score comparisons across assessments are especially important now and what is likely to be possible and …

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Paper

Some Thoughts about Comparability Issues with “Common” and Uncommon Assessments

Scott Marion
Mar 25, 2011
Educational Measurement

This document helps to reveal and clarify for policymakers many of the issues when it comes to comparing the performance of students, schools, districts, and states.

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Paper

Comparing Different Accountability Measures: Status, Improvement, Index, Growth

John Weiss
Jun 17, 2009
Accountability

This paper examines the differences in the philosophies behind four different school accountability metrics: status, safe harbor (improvement), index, and growth.

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Presentation

Comparability of Results across Years

Richard Hill
Jun 18, 2007
Educational Measurement

This presentation on issues to consider when comparing results across years was delivered at the CCSSO Large Scale Assessment conference, Nashville, TN, June 2007.

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Comparability of Assessment Results across Years

Richard Hill
Jun 18, 2007
Educational Measurement

This paper outlines issues to consider when comparing results across years.

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Paper

Teaching and Assessing Understanding of Text Structures across Grades

Karin Hess
Oct 02, 2008
Student Learning

Text complexity is often difficult to describe and even harder to attend to in meaningful ways in large-scale reading assessments.

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Presentation

Examining the Reliability of Accountability Systems

Richard Hill
Apr 03, 2002
Educational Measurement

This paper, delivered at the annual AERA Conference in 2002, outlines issues related to the reliability of accountability systems, describes methods used to calculate reliability, proposes a new metho…

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Issues Related to the Reliability of School Accountability Scores

Richard Hill
Aug 10, 2001
Educational Measurement

This paper presents the issues of reliability from the RILS 2001 conference, including relationship between test score reliabilities and reliability of school accountability decisions, statistics for …

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Paper

Performance on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System vs. Other Tests

Brian Gong
Mar 01, 1999
Educational Measurement

Validity study that compares the relationships between performance on the Massachusetts Assessment System (MCAS) and other tests scores with a commercial, standardized test in one district (Collaborat…

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