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The following resource provides vignettes about teachers who are attempting to implement formative assessment in their schools. The two vignettes are from a study by...

To ensure that accurate inferences of student learning are made, the alignment of learning standards, instruction, and assessments is critical. Educational systems benefit from alignment...

Test developers have a thorough process for designing tests and items (commonly referred to as the test’s questions). The process includes rigorous educator reviews through...

This report provides insight into the Performance Task Development Project (PTDP), a partnership between the Building Educator Assessment Literacy (at WestEd) and the Stanford Center...

In response to the Testing Action Plan (released in 2015), states have improved their test development processes, introduced technological enhancements, and implemented more efficient test...

The assessment development of three-dimensional science standards represents rapidly evolving opportunities. Revisiting similar topics year after year allows for ongoing lessons and growth in understanding....

Standard-setting methods have focused on utilizing content information to determine recommendations for performance level cut scores on assessments. In recent years, there has been an...

This update identifies the benefits and limitations of using computerized adaptive assessments, and considerations for states and districts interested in implementing computerized adaptive assessments.

This CSAI-developed resource contains an overview of the peer review process, including each of the critical elements included in the peer review process. For each critical element,...

This update defines validity and reliability as a function of high quality assessments. An annotated list of resources is included.