The Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability (CSAA) at WestEd strives to support balanced, coherent, and efficient systems of teaching and learning. For this reason, we provide a comprehensive portfolio of research-informed resources, high-quality technical assistance, and services designed to support meaningful improvement of student learning. Read more.

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Formative Insights

This WestEd initiative empowers you to develop new practices to improve instruction and help students advance their own learning. You can find articles here on student agency, online learning, the role of evidence use in daily instruction, and more.

Developing Statewide Capacity to Lead Formative Assessment

Learning from Students

Creating a Coherent District Vision for Student Agency

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Notes from the Field

Check out Notes from the Field to learn about the impact of our work on students of all ages and learning paths, direct from WestEd experts.

Supporting Indigenous Heritage Language Acquisition through Funding and Tribal Advocacy

Keeping Pace Versus Gaining Ground: Why Normative and Criterion Growth Goals Won’t Necessarily Lead to the Same Finish Line, Especially in a Post-COVID World

Is the School Assessment and Accountability Era Over? Insights from Marianne Perie, Director of Assessment Research and Innovation at WestEd.

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Content-Rich Library of Resources

The Resource Library contains curated knowledge, tools, and guidance to ensure all educators have access to high-quality information.

Demystifying Statewide Standardized Assessments: Developing High-Quality Assessments and Items

Demystifying Statewide Standardized Assessments: Making Assessments Accessible for Students With Disabilities and English Learners

A Community Engaged Framing: Building Successful Community Engagement for Schools and Families of Bilingual Students Through Inquiry

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High-Quality Services from WestEd

WestEd creates customized, research-based solutions that fairly and accurately assess student performance, and provides guidance for educators and policymakers on making the best use of results.

Alignment Studies: Content Standards to Assessments, and Content Standards to Curricula

Assessment Leadership: Leading Assessment Systems that Improve Teaching and Learning

Assessment and Data Literacy Workshops: Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Teaching and Learning

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Spotlights

Spotlights provide targeted explorations of specific need areas or issues, providing helpful guidance in solving pressing challenges for states, districts, and schools.

Culturally Responsive Instruction for Native American Students

Lesson Planning with Formative Assessment

Science Assessment Item Collaborative

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