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Performance Counts Assessment Systems that Support High Quality Learning

This white paper describes what a student assessment system could look like if built from the principles and best practices found in current educational research and effective educational systems in the U.S. and high-achieving nations around the world.

With this paper, the Council of Chief State School Officers seeks to illuminate and enrich the discussion around comprehensive systems of student assessment and to help lead the development of more effective ways to assess student learning. It describes existing successful assessment systems that use a variety of ways to ensure student achievement in programs in our country and in high-achieving countries around the world.

• PublicationAlignment and the States: Three Approaches to Aligning the National Assessment of Educational Progress with State Assessments, Other Assessments, and Standards
• PublicationLessons Learned: Implementing and Improving Comprehensive and Balanced Learning and Assessment Systems in High School - A Report for State Education Leaders - Final Report from the Delaware Enhanced Assessment Grant
• PublicationLearning About Assessment: Evaluation of a Ten-State Effort to Build Assessment Capacity in High Schools
• PublicationGuide to United States Department of Education Growth Model Pilot Program 2005-2008
• PublicationDetermining Adequate Yearly Progress in a State Performance or Proficiency Index Model
• PublicationLearning About Assessment: An Evaluation of a Ten-State Effort to Build Assessment Capacity in High Schools
• PublicationELDA Brochure
• PublicationOperational Best Practices for Statewide Large-Scale Assessment Programs
• PublicationTRANSFORMING EDUCATION: Delivering on Our Promise to Every Child
• PublicationImplementer’s Guide to Growth Models