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Center for Assessment team members write and present extensively on topics relating to assessment and accountability. As part of our mission and in order to increase and improve assessment and accountability practices nationally, we make our guides, presentations, papers, reports and other resources widely available.

The NGSS and New Challenges for Instruction and Assessment

This presentation examines multiple state efforts to develop performance level descriptors based on the Next Generation Science Standards, with a focus on how the findings might provide guidance to classroom teachers.

Authors:
Mary Norris
Files:
Norris - PLDs and Challenges1.54 MB
Date:
2018-10-09
Using a Novice-Expert Perspective to Structure State and Classroom Assessment Claims/Interpretations of the NGSS

This presentation at the 2018 NCME Classroom Assessment conference provides guidance on what states should consider when defining claims for their assessments of the Next Generation Science Standards.

Authors:
Brian Gong
Mary Norris
Files:
NGSS Novice_Expert Gong NCME 1009181.86 MB
Date:
2018-10-09
Considering the Design and Role of Interim Assessments in the Context of a Next Generation Science Standards System of Assessments

This presentation defines and explores interim assessment designs used by states to support districts, then examines one state’s efforts to develop an interim assessment system based on the Next Generation Science Standards.

Authors:
Nathan Dadey
Sara Cooper
Files:
Dadey Cooper - NGSS Systems992.16 KB
Date:
2018-10-08
Designing a Coherent State System of Accountability: The Every Student Succeeds Act and Perkins V

This brief provides recommendations to support state education agencies establish coherent state plans for ESSA and Perkins. It highlights key touch-points across the two laws and explains how the state’s goals and vision for student learning should serve as a common foundation for system design.

Authors:
Erika Landl
Files:
Designing a Coherent State System of Accountability: The Every Student Succeeds Act and Perkins V1.33 MB
Date:
2018-09-20
Promoting more Coherent and Balanced Accountability Systems

This paper, written for the 2018 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series, presents a framework for improving the coherence, flexibility, and balance of contemporary accountability systems to promote improved student outcomes.

Authors:
Chris Domaleski
Damian Betebenner
Susan Lyons
Files:
Coherent and Balanced Accountability Design256.14 KB
Date:
2018-09-01