Assessments and Standards

News People, Groups, and Projects Federal Regulations, Guidance, and Letters State Assessment and Standards Information Publications News CCSSO's National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment The largest and most broad-based annual conference of student assessment professionals. People, Groups, and Projects Accountability Systems and Reporting Consortium (ASR-SCASS) Collaborative of state educators and consultants that focuses on the effective development and implementation of states' accountability and reporting systems. Comprehensive Assessment Systems for ESEA Title I Consortium (CAS-SCASS) Collaborative of state educators and consultants that focuses on the implementation of standards, assessments, and accountability systems used for ESEA Title I (including NCLB). Science Education Assessment Project (SEAP-SCASS) Collaborative of state educators and consultants that focuses on the develop\ment a wide variety of science assessment measures for use at the state and local levels. Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC-SCASS) Collaborative of state educators, representatives of the U.S. Department of Education, and consultants that focuses on alignment, professional development, and research using the survey of enacted curriculum methodology. Technical Issues in Large-Scale Assessment (TILSA-SCASS) Collaborative of state educators and consultants that focuses on critical research into design, development, and implementation of standards-based assessment systems. Federal Regulations, Guidance, and Letters US Department of Education NCLB website Office of Elementary and Secondary Education State Assessment and Standards Information Annual Statewide Assessments for 50 States 2005 Annually CCSSO collects, analyzes, and reports 50-state profiles of accountability systems, as well as 50-state information on state assessments, other indicators of K-12 education progress, state demographics, and key educational policies. Trends in Statewide Assessments in English/Language Arts and Mathematics, 2001-03 CCSSO 2004 State student assessment programs in math and ELA for all 50 states and changes over three years. Keeping School Performance in Perspective: Cautions When Comparing States KSA Plus Communications October 2003 Guidance on the interpretation of cross-state assessment results. State Content Standards: A 50-State Resource CCSSO State Education Indicators Project 2002 Summary of core information on each state's content standards for several different subject areas. Publications Alignment Surveys of Enacted Curriculum (SEC) Indicators CD: Surveys, Reports, Guides, On-line Access SEC-SCASS 2003 Compendium of resources related to the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum. Models for Alignment Analysis and Assistance to States CCSSO September 2002 Summary and comparison of four models for evaluating the alignment among standards and assessments (Webb, Surveys of Enacted Curriculum, Achieve, and Council for Basic Education). Alignment Study in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies of State Standards and Assessments in Four States TILSA-SCASS 2002 Report on a comparison of state standards and state assessments in four content areas on four criteria: categorical concurrence, depth-of-knowledge consistency, range-of-knowledge correspondence, and balance of representation. New Tools for Analyzing Teaching, Curriculum and Standards in Mathematics & Science: Results from Survey of Enacted Curriculum Project SEC SCASS 2001 Report on a study of SEC methodology involving schools, teachers, and state specialists from 11 states. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (REC 98-03080), the study was conducted by CCSSO staff and researchers at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. State Standards and State Assessment Systems: A Guide to Alignment Paul LaMarca, Doris Redfield, & Phoebe Winter with CAS-SCASS 2001 Analysis of critical aspects of alignment among assessment and standards, including content match, depth match, emphasis, performance match, accessibility, and reporting. Includes an annotated checklist that states and localities can use as a resource for evaluating the degree of alignment of their assessments and standards or for developing an aligned assessment system. Standards Handbook for the Development of Performance Standards: Meeting the Requirements of Title I Linda Hansche with CAS-SCASS 1998 Guidance on the development of performance standards in the aligned system of standards and assessments required by ESEA. Technical Issues in Assessment The Role of Performance-Based Assessments in Large-Scale Accountability Systems: Lessons Learned from the Inside P. David Pearson, Robert Calfee, Patricia L. Walker Webb, & Steve Fleischer with TGPA-SCASS (now TILSA-SCASS) 2002 Report on lessons learned in five states implementing performance-based assessments in large-scale accountability systems. The Effects of Matrix Sampling on Student Score Comparability in Constructed-Response and Multiple-Choice Assessments Jonathan Dings, Ruth Childs, & Neal Kingston with TGPA-SCASS (now TILSA-SCASS) 2002 Report on the comparability of individual students' test scores when students in the same school are given different sets of test questions. Determining the Reliability of School Scores Richard Hill & Charles DePascale with TILSA-SCASS January 2002 Analysis of techniques to determine the probability of misclassifying schools under varying accountability designs. Quality Control Checklist for Processing, Scoring, and Reporting TILSA-SCASS January 2003 Checklist of quality control procedures for processing, scoring, and reporting large scale student assessments. Investigating the Comparability of School Scores Across Test Forms That Are Not Parallel Anne Fitzpatrick with TGPA-SCASS (now TILSA-SCASS) 2002 Report on comparability of school scores on non-parallel test forms that include both multiple-choice and performance-based items. Accommodating Mathematics Testing Using a Videotaped, Real-Aloud Administration Gerald Tindal with TGPA-SCASS (now TILSA-SCASS) 2002 Report on the effects of various video presentation formats on student performance on a mathematics test. Generalizability of Performance-Based Assessments N. David Miller with TGPA-SCASS (now TILSA-SCASS) 2002 Report from a study examining the generalizability of performance-based assessments in state assessment systems. Issues in Linking Scores on Alternative Assessments: Effects of Task Length and Sample Size on Test Reliability and Test Equating Anne Fitzpatrick & Wendy Yen with TGPA-SCASS (now TILSA-SCASS) 2000 Report on the effects of task and sample characteristics on test reliability and equating of scores from alternate assessments. A Summary of Research on Test Changes: An Empirical Basis for Defining Accommodations 1999 Analyzing, Disaggreggating, Reporting, and Interpreting Students' Achievement Test Results: A Guide to Practice for Title I and Beyond Richard Jaeger & Charlene Tucker with CAS-SCASS 1997 Guidance on how to address critical issues that arise when achievement test data are disaggregated and reported publicly. Science Assessment Science Assessment CD-ROM SEAP-SCASS 2001 Professional Development Handbook for Professional Development in Assessment Literacy Jan Sheinker & Doris Redfield with CAS-SCASS 2001 CD-ROM guidance on the improvement of assessment literacy among local educators. Includes electronic versions of both the Handbook and companion PowerPoint slides each in two formats. Using Data on Enacted Curriculum--A Guide for Professional Development Surveys of Enacted Curriculum SCASS 2003 Guidance for designing professional development to support effective use of the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum methodologies. Includes examples of how professional development workshops and activities can be organized and implemented with teachers and administrators.

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