Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Keyword: Assessment

Maintaining the Validity of the National Assessment of Educational Progress in a Common Core Based Environment

The paper focuses on both policy and psychometric considerations in discussing the relationship of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and Common Core State Standards (CCSS) assessments. The paper examines how the traditional roles of NAEP are affected by the introduction of CCSS-based curricula and assessments. The paper identifies caveats or limitations to consider when interpreting […]

Examining the Content and Context of the Common Core State Standards: A First Look at Implications for the National Assessment of Educational Progress

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have been widely adopted by states. According to this report, these new standards, and the assessments being built to measure them, offer the possibility of far greater uniformity in curriculum and assessment across the nation than has characterized U.S. education in the past. In addition, the authors contend that […]

Promoting College and Career Readiness: A Pocket Guide for State and District Leaders

This Pocket Guide focuses on the implementation of school reforms related to college and career readiness in ESEA flexibility plan requirements. To prepare this guide, AIR researchers reviewed the 35 approved state ESEA flexibility plans to identify policies and practices relevant to college and career readiness. The Pocket Guide (1) describes the importance of college […]

Supporting English Language Learners: A Pocket Guide for State and District Leaders

This guide, developed by the Center for English Language Learners at AIR, summarizes the ELL-relevant information presented in approved applications for Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) flexibility waivers. The guide includes information on: requirements for each principle related to ELLs in the flexibility waivers; descriptions of how the plans addressed ELLs; considerations for research-based […]

Are You Ready to Assess Social and Emotional Development?

The Ready to Assess toolkit is a suite of three resources that help school and district educators consider and select assessments on social and emotional learning (SEL). The toolkit includes the following: Brief – A general overview on the landscape of social and emotional assessment is provided, as well as a considerations of whether or not using […]

Capacity Enablers and Barriers for Learning Analytics: Implications for Policy and Practice

Learning analytics, as defined in this report, is “the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs.” This report describes learning analytics initiatives that are taking place in states and districts that are helping them move from […]