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Archives: Informing Current and Future Initiatives

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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Innovative Assessment and Accountability Systems that Support Continuous Improvement under ESSA: Practical Considerations and Early Research

Carla Evans
Jun 29, 2018
Large Scale Assessment

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 waiver from fed…

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Evidence of Improvement: Guidelines to Inform Exit Criteria for ESSA State Accountability Systems

Chris DomaleskiJuan D'Brot
Jul 01, 2019
Accountability

This paper supported by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) provides guidance to help states develop and validate exit criteria for schools classified as Comprehensive Supports and Impr…

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Using Interim Assessments in Place of Summative Assessments? Consideration of an ESSA Option

Nathan Dadey
Apr 30, 2017
Education Policy

This paper examines the conceptual and practical challenges in developing a system of interim assessments that produces a single summative score for accountability purposes, in line with that detailed…

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Addressing The Alignment Challenge Associated With The Use Of College Admissions Tests Under ESSA

Will Lorié
Mar 23, 2020
Education Policy

Senior Associate, William Lorié, analyzes the policy challenges and provides recommendations associated with having college admissions tests meet federal assessment requirements under ESSA.

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Identifying a School Quality/Student Success Indicator for ESSA: Requirements and Considerations

Erika Landl
Jan 01, 2017
Education Policy

This brief summarizes the requirements defined within ESSA for the school quality/student success indicator and outlines key factors to consider when identifying, evaluating, and implementing these in…

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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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State Systems of Identification and Support under ESSA: Evaluating Identification Methods and Results in an Accountability System

Juan D'Brot
Nov 28, 2017
Accountability

Juan D’Brot, Susan Lyons, and Erika Landl developed the following resource to help state accountability leaders consider criteria and potential methods to evaluate the success, utility, and impa…

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Paper

The Operational Best Practices for Accountability

Juan D'Brot
Apr 27, 2022
Accountability

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 accountab…

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The Operational Best Practices for Accountability

Juan D'Brot
Apr 06, 2022
Accountability

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 accountab…

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Presentation

School Accountability in Flux: Results from a National Survey

Laura PinsonneaultChris Domaleski
Nov 17, 2022
Accountability

The pandemic has changed the accountability landscape. States are experiencing different challenges as they restart their ESSA accountability in 2022.

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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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Paper

Designing a Coherent State System of Accountability: The Every Student Succeeds Act and Perkins V

Erika Landl
Sep 20, 2018
Education Policy

This brief provides recommendations to support state education agencies establish coherent state plans for ESSA and Perkins.

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Paper

Considering English Language Proficiency within Systems of Accountability under the Every Student Succeeds Act

Susan LyonsNathan Dadey
Mar 27, 2017
English Language Proficiency

This white paper provides an overview of key considerations associated with including indicators of progress in English language proficiency within ESSA systems of accountability.

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Implementing the Locally Selected High School Assessment Provision of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Key Questions and Considerations

Chris Domaleski
Apr 01, 2017
Education Policy

Associate Director Chris Domaleski, along with Senior Associate Brian Gong and colleagues at the Council for Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) wrote a paper to help states wrestle with the challenge…

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Presentation

Use of the “Equity Indicator” in state ESSA accountability systems

Scott Marion
Dec 27, 2017
Equity

Scott Marion argues on behalf of several states for a principled approach for using an equity in their ESSA accountability system designs.

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Presentation

The use of achievement indices in state accountability systems as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Scott Marion
Dec 26, 2017
Accountability

Scott Marion provides a rationale for states interested in using an achievement index in their ESSA accountability system designs.

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Paper

State Systems of Identification and Support under ESSA: A Focus on Designing and Revising Systems of School Identification

Susan Lyons
Nov 28, 2017
Education Policy

Susan Lyons, Juan D’Brot, and Erika Landl developed the following resource to provide state accountability leaders an overview of the federal law and key design considerations as they develop id…

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Paper

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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