NEPC Resources on Accountability and Testing

Derek Gottlieb (). NEPC Review: Reassessing ESSA Implementation: An Equity Analysis of School Accountability Systems (EdTrust, September 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/essa

Robert Shand (). NEPC Review: Systemwide and Intervention-Specific Effects of Denver Public Schools’ Portfolio District Strategy on Individual Student Achievement (Center for Education Policy Analysis, University of Colorado Denver, September 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/review/denver

(). Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-shepard-092624

Jamaal Bowman (). Jamaal Bowman Discusses the "More Teaching Less Testing Act of 2023". Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/fyi-video-bowman

(). Testing is Broken. Can This Bill Fix It?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-dc-briefing-100523

(). Educational Accountability 3.0: Beyond ESSA. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/resource-document-beyond-essa

(). Examining #Optoutsowhite. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-opt-out-083022

Gail L. Sunderman (). State Accountability Rating Systems: A Review of School Report Cards as Indicators of School Quality. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/report-cards

Edward García Fierros (). NEPC Review: Equity Elementary: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Staff in Public Schools (Heritage Foundation, October 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/cdos

Christopher Saldaña, Derek C. Briggs, Scott Marion (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With Derek Briggs and Scott Marion About State and National Test Results. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-briggs-marion

(). Spring 2021 Exam Results Are In. Now What?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-covid-assessment-102821

Samuel E. Abrams, Steven J. Koutsavlis (). NEPC Review: Florida Versus Kentucky: School Choice Improves Public School Performance, Too (Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions, May 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/fl-ky-school-choice

T. Jameson Brewer, Joel R. Malin (). NEPC Review: Education Freedom and Student Achievement: Is More School Choice Associated with Higher State-Level Performance on the NAEP? (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, March 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/education-freedom

(). Five Myths About Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-teacher-appreciation-050421

Christopher Saldaña, Lorrie Shepard (). NEPC Talks Education: An Interview with Lorrie Shepard About Standardized Testing Policy . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/podcast-saldana-shepard

Gail L. Sunderman (). NEPC Review: School Accountability--Past, Present, and Future (Hoover Institution, November 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/accountability

Yongmei Ni, Eunice S. Han (). NEPC Review: Changes in the Performance of Students in Charter and District Sectors of U.S. Education: An Analysis of Nationwide Trends (The Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University, September 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/charter-district-schools

Gene V Glass, William J. Mathis, David C. Berliner (). NEPC Review: Student Assessment During COVID-19 (Center for American Progress, September 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/pandemic-assessment

Ed Fuller (). Making Next Year Count: Equity in School Accountability (Bellwether Education Partners, Summer 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/school-accountability

(). Coronavirus Testing Cancellations Threatened to Worsen Inequities. So These Students Spoke Out. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-testoptionalnow-042120

Mark Weber (). NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Newark: The Effect on Student Test Scores (Manhattan Institute, January 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/newark-charters

(). Four Big Takeaways About Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-assessment-030520

(). Patience Can Be Rewarded: RAND Report Demonstrates Promise of Embattled NYC Community Schools Model. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-nyc-community-schools-020620

Jaekyung Lee (). NEPC Review: Fewer Children Left Behind: Lessons From the Dramatic Achievement Gains of the 1990s and 2000s (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, October 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/achievement

T. Jameson Brewer (). NEPC Review: The Effects of Means-Tested Private School Choice Programs on College Enrollment and Graduation (Urban Institute, July 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/choice

(). Data Walls Demoralize Students. Assessment Expert Lorrie Shepard Explains Why. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-shepard-082919

(). A Weak Defense of a Useless Report. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-yun-response-050219

John T. Yun (). NEPC Review: The Michigan Context and Performance Report Card: High Schools 2018 (Mackinac Center, January 2019). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/rankings

(). Researchers Reprise Earlier Erroneous Crime-Cutting Voucher Verdict. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-crime-cutting-031919

Madhabi Chatterji (). A Consumer’s Guide to Testing under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): What Can the Common Core and Other ESSA Assessments Tell Us?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/rd-assessment-guide

Amanda Datnow (). NEPC Review: The Opportunity Myth (TNTP, September 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-opportunity-myth

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong (Reason Foundation, November 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-rankings

(). NEPC Fellow Douglas Harris Responds to Critiques of Study, and a Q&A on the Effect of New Orleans School Reforms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-NOLA-081418

(). These Comeback Kids Don’t Bake Cookies: The Community-Based Transformation of an Urban School. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-rainier-beach-101618

Kevin Close, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Clarin Collins (). State-Level Assessments and Teacher Evaluation Systems after the Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Some Steps in the Right Direction. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/state-assessment

(). Apples to Aardvarks: WILL Replicates Erroneous Private School Findings. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-apples

Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Wen-Chia Chang, Molly Cummings Carney (). NEPC Review: 2018 State Teacher Policy Best Practices Guide (National Council on Teacher Quality, March 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-teacher-quality

Gregory A. Smith, Kenneth M. Zeichner (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Ken Zeichner on Independent Teacher Prep Programs. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smith-zeichner

Matthew Gaertner, Ben Kirshner (). NEPC Review: Lights Off: Practice and Impact of Closing Low-Performing Schools (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-closures

Gail L. Sunderman (). NEPC Review: Leveraging ESSA to Support Quality-School Growth (Thomas B. Fordham Institute and Education Cities, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-ESSA-accountability

Gail L. Sunderman, Erin Coghlan, Rick Mintrop (). School Closure as a Strategy to Remedy Low Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/closures

Benjamin Shear (). NEPC Review: Apples to Apples: The Definitive Look at School Test Scores in Milwaukee and Wisconsin (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, March 2017). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-milwaukee-vouchers

Amy N. Farley (). NEPC Review: For Good Measure? Teacher Evaluation Policy in the ESSA Era (Bellwether Education Partners, December 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-teacher-evaluation

Beth C. Rubin (). NEPC Review: High Stakes for High Achievers:
State Accountability in the Age of ESSA (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-tracking-high-stakes

William J. Mathis, Tina Trujillo (). Lessons from NCLB for the Every Student Succeeds Act. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/lessons-from-NCLB

William J. Mathis (). Research-Based Options for Education Policymaking - 2016 Collection. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/research-based-options

(). Reviewer Finds Continuing Problems with WILL Charter School “Autonomy” Report. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reviewer-finds-continuing-problems-will-charter-school-autonomy-report

Casey Cobb (). NEPC Review: Bang for the Buck: Which Public Schools in Milwaukee Produce the Best Outcome Per Dollar Spent? (Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, May 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-WILL

Jaime Del Razo (). NEPC Review: SchoolGrades.org (Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, September 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-of-schoolgrades-org

Elizabeth J. Meyer (). NEPC Review: Smart, Skilled, and Striving: Transforming and Elevating the Teaching Profession (Center for American Progress, November 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-tprep

Joseph Cimpian (). Review of The Effects of Test-Based Retention on Student Outcomes Over Time. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-NBER-retention

William J. Mathis (). Divining the Meaning of the Test Scores. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/divining-meaning

Martin Carnoy (). International Test Score Comparisons and Educational Policy: A Review of the Critiques. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/international-test-scores

(). NAEPscuses: Making Sense of Excuse-Making from the No-Excuses Contingent. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/naepscuses

Kevin G. Welner (). NAEPscuses: Making Sense of Excuse-Making from the No-Excuses Contingent. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/naepscuses

Edward García Fierros, Katherine Cosner (). NEPC Review: ESEA Reauthorization: How We Can Build Upon No Child Left Behind's Progress for Students with Disabilities in a Reauthorized ESEA (Center for American Progress, April 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-ESEA-reauthorization

Tina Trujillo (). NEPC Review: Dramatic Action, Dramatic Improvement: The Research on School Turnaround (Center for American Progress, March 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-turnaround

(). High-Stakes, Test-Driven Accountability Debated in New York Times. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/high-stakes-test-driven-accountability-debated-new-york-times

Alex Molnar (). State Sen. Alberta Darling's Recovery District Idea is Designed to Fail. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/state-sen-alberta-darling

Kevin G. Welner, William J. Mathis (). Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Time to Move Beyond Test-Focused Policies. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/esea

Mark R. Warren (). Review of Turning Lightning into Electricity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-turning-lightning-into-electricity

Kevin K. Kumashiro (). NEPC Review: Proposed 2015 Federal Teacher Preparation Regulations (U.S. Department of Education, December 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-proposed-teacher-preparation

Clive Belfield (). Review of The Efficiency Index. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-efficiency-index

Ed Fuller (). NEPC Review: Preparing Principals to Raise Student Achievement: Implementation and Effects of the New Leaders Program in Ten Districts (RAND Corporation, May 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-preparing-principals

William J. Mathis (). Review of Two Alternative Teacher Preparation Proposals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-fast-start-time-to-improve

Kevin G. Welner (). The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/lost-opportunity-common-core-state-standards

Amy Stuart Wells (). Seeing Past the “Colorblind” Myth of Education Policy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/seeing-past-the-colorblind-myth

(). Does Class Size Matter?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/does-class-size-matter

Patricia Burch, Mary Stewart, Jahni Smith (). Review of School Choice and School Performance in the New York City Public Schools . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-school-choice-nyc-brookings

Katherine E. Ryan, Tysza Gandha, Jeehae Ahn (). School Self-Evaluation and Inspection for Improving U.S. Schools?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-self-evaluation

Andy Hargreaves, Henry Braun, Kathleen Gebhardt (). Data-Driven Improvement and Accountability. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/data-driven-improvement-accountability

Bruce Fuller (). Review of The Lessons of No Child Left Behind. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-lessons-of-nclb

Andrew Maul, Abby McClelland (). NEPC Review: National Charter School Study 2013 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), August 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-credo-2013

Martin Carnoy (). Review of Middle Class or Middle of the Pack. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-middle-class-or-middle-of-pack

Kevin G. Welner (). Consequential Validity and the Transformation of Tests from Measurement Tools to Policy Tools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/TCR-Consequential-Validity

(). Leading Educators Call for a New Direction for Education Reform, Focused on the Opportunity Gap. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/leading-educators

Carol C. Burris, Katherine E. Allison (). Review of Does Sorting Students Improve Test Scores?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-does-sorting-students

Kenneth R. Howe, David E. Meens (). How Recent Education Reforms Undermine Local School Governance and Democratic Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/democracy-left-behind

Susan Eaton (). Review of Our Immense Achievement Gap . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-immense-achievement-gap

Cassandra Guarino, Brian Stacy (). Review of Gathering Feedback for Teaching: Combining High-Quality Observation with Student Surveys and Achievement Gains. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-gathering-feedback

Kevin G. Welner (). Teacher Job Satisfaction Plummets — Survey. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teacher-job-satisfaction-plummets

Steven Jay Gross (). NEPC Review: On Her Majesty’s School Inspection Service (January 2012). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-on-her-majestys

Matthew Di Carlo (). When the Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Fact Sheet. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/when-legend

Kevin G. Welner, Carol C. Burris (). Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Concerning Evaluation of Teachers and Principals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/letter-to-Arne-Duncan

Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Passing Muster: Evaluating Teacher Evaluation Systems (April 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/passing-muster-fails-muster

Catherine Horn, Gary Dworkin (). Review of Yearning to Break Free: Ohio Superintendents Speak Out. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-ohio-superintendents

Derek C. Briggs, Ben Domingue (). Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/due-diligence

Jeremy Kilpatrick (). NEPC Review: U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective: How Well Does Each State Do at Producing High-Achieving Students? (November 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-us-math

Clive Belfield (). NEPC Review: Fostering Innovation and Excellence (May 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-fostering-innovation

Diane Ravitch , William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: College- and Career-Ready Students (May 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-college-and-career

William J. Mathis (). The "Common Core" Standards Initiative: An Effective Reform Tool?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/common-core-standards

Julian Vasquez Heilig, Su Jin Jez (). Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teach-for-america

Kenneth Saltman (). Urban School Decentralization and the Growth of "Portfolio Districts". Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/portfolio-districts

Jeff MacSwan (). NEPC Review: Has Progress Been Made in Raising Achievement for English Language Learners? (April 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-progress-ELL

William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: Behind the Curtain: Assessing the Case for National Standards (February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-behind-the-curtain

Katrina Bulkley (). NEPC Review: Fix the City Schools: Moving All Schools to Charter-Like Autonomy (March 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-fix-city-schools

Jaekyung Lee (). NEPC Review: Stuck Schools: A Framework for Identifying Schools Where Students Need Change - Now (Education Trust, February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-stuck-schools

Robert Bifulco (). NEPC Review: Connecticut's Charter School Law and Race to the Top (ConnCAN, February 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-Connecticut-Charter

Carol C. Burris, Kevin G. Welner, Jennifer Bezoza (). Universal Access to a Quality Education: Research and Recommendations for the Elimination of Curricular Stratification . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/universal-access

Patrick McEwan (). NEPC Review: Everyone Wins: How Charter Schools Benefit All New York City Public School Students (Manhattan Institute, October 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-everyone-wins

Sean Reardon (). NEPC Review: How New York City’s Charter Schools Affect Achievement (September 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-how-New-York-City-Charter

Gerald W. Bracey (). The Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education, 2009. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/bracey-report

Gary Miron, Brooks Applegate (). NEPC Review: Multiple Choice: Charter School Performance in 16 States (June 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-multiple-choice

Derek C. Briggs (). NEPC Review: Charter Schools in Eight States: Effects on Achievement, Attainment, Integration and Competition (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-charter-schools-eight-states

Robert Bifulco (). NEPC Review: The Impact of Milwaukee Charter Schools on Student Achievement (March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-impact-Milwaukee-charter

Gene V Glass (). The Realities of K-12 Virtual Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/realities-K-12-virtual-education

Ernest R. House (). NEPC Review: When Private Schools Take Public Dollars: What’s the Place of Accountability in School Voucher Programs? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, March 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-when-private-schools-take-public-dollars

William J. Mathis (). NCLB’s Ultimate Restructuring Alternatives: Do they Improve the Quality of Education?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/nclb-ultimate-restructuring

Jennifer Jennings, Sean P. Corcoran (). NEPC Review: An Evaluation of Teachers Trained Through Different Routes to Certification: Final Report (February 2009). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-evaluation-of-teachers

David C. Berliner (). Poverty and Potential: Out-of-School Factors and School Success. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/poverty-and-potential

Meredith P. Richards, Jennifer Jellison Holme (). NEPC Review: "Plotting School Choice" and "In Need of Improvement" (November 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-plotting-school-choice

Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Kevin G. Welner (). Fellows’ Education Letters to the President. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/Letters-to-Obama

Jeffrey R. Henig (). What Do We Know About the Outcomes of KIPP Schools?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/outcomes-of-kipp-schools

Joshua Feinman (). High Stakes, but Low Validity? A Case Study of Standardized Tests and Admissions into New York City Specialized High Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/high-stakes-but-low-validity

Edward García Fierros, Mindy L. Kornhaber (). NEPC Review: Education Olympics 2008: The Games in Review (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-education-olympics

Carol C. Burris (). NEPC Review: The Misplaced Math Student: Lost in Eighth-Grade Algebra (September 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-misplaced-math-student

Christopher Lubienski (). NEPC Review: Promising Start: An Empirical Analysis of How EdChoice Vouchers Affect Ohio Public Schools (August 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-promising-start

Gregory Camilli (). NEPC Review: High-Achieving Students in the Era of NCLB (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, June 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-high-achieving-students

Anthony Rolle (). Strengthening the Link Between Effective School Expenditures and State Funding Mechanisms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/strengthening-the-link

Kevin G. Welner (). The Overselling of Growth Modeling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/overselling-growth-modeling

John T. Yun (). NEPC Review: The Effect of Special Education Vouchers on Public School Achievement: Evidence from Florida's McKay Scholarship Program (Manhattan Institute, April 2008). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-effect-of-special

David Arsen, Clive Belfield, Marisa Cannata, Wendy C. Chi, Casey Cobb, Stephanie Evergreen, Gregg Garn, Christopher Lubienski, Julie F. Mead, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Gary Miron, Yongmei Ni, Stephanie Southworth, Jessica Urschel, Terri S. Wilson (). School Choice: Evidence and Recommendations. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-evidence-and-recommendations

Casey Cobb, Gregg Garn (). School Choice and Accountability. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-and-accountability

Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Martha Bottia, Stephanie Southworth (). School Choice and Segregation by Race, Class, and Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/school-choice-and-segregation-race-class-and-achievement

Gary Miron, Stephanie Evergreen, Jessica Urschel (). The Impact of School Choice Reforms on Student Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-impact-school-choice-reforms-student-achievement

Carol C. Burris, Edward W. Wiley, Kevin G. Welner (). Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/accountability-rigor-and-detracking

Damian W. Betebenner (). NEPC Review: Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure (Urban Institute, November 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-feeling-florida-heat-how-low-performing-schools-respond-voucher-and-accountability-

Jaekyung Lee (). NEPC Review: Are Private High Schools Better Academically Than Public High Schools? (October 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-two-reports-addressing-achievement-students-private-and-public-schools

W. Norton Grubb (). 'Restoring Value' to the High School Diploma: The Rhetoric and Practice of Higher Standards. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/restoring-value-high-school-diploma-the-rhetoric-and-practice-higher-standards

Bruce Fuller (). NEPC Review: End It, Don't Mend It: What to Do with No Child Left Behind (September 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-end-it-don%E2%80%99t-mend-it-what-do-with-no-child-left-behind

William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: Portfolios: A Backward Step in School Accountability (September 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-portfolios-a-backward-step-school-accountability

John T. Yun (). NEPC Review: Answering the Question That Matters Most: Has Student Achievement Increased Since No Child Left Behind? (June 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-answering-question-that-matters-most-has-student-achievement-increased-since-no-chi

Derek C. Briggs (). NEPC Review: State Takeover, School Restructuring, Private Management, and Student Achievement in Philadelphia (February 2007). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-two-reports-about-privately-managed-schools-philadelphia

Michele S. Moses, M. J. Nanna (). The Testing Culture and the Persistence of High Stakes Testing Reforms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-testing-culture-and-persistence-high-stakes-testing-reforms

Kevin G. Welner, K. Martinez (). The Use of Assessment for Curricular Differentiation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-use-assessment-curricular-differentiation

Patricia Burch (). Supplemental Education Services under NCLB: Emerging Evidence and Policy Issues. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/supplemental-education-services-under-nclb-emerging-evidence-and-policy-issues

Kenneth R. Howe (). NEPC Review: The State of State Standards 2006 (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, August 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-the-state-state-standards-2006

Christopher Lubienski, Sarah Lubienski (). NEPC Review: On the Public-Private School Achievement Debate (August 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-on-public-private-school-achievement-debate

William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: The State of High School Education in Wisconsin: A Tale of Two Wisconsins (January 2006). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-the-state-high-school-education-wisconsin-a-tale-two-wisconsins

Daniel Laitsch (). Assessment, High Stakes, and Alternative Visions: Appropriate Use of the Right Tools to Leverage Improvement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/assessment-high-stakes-and-alternative-visions-appropriate-use-right-tools-leverage-impr

William J. Mathis (). The Accuracy and Effectiveness of Adequate Yearly Progress, NCLB's School Evaluation System. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-accuracy-and-effectiveness-adequate-yearly-progress-nclbs-school-evaluation-system

Gerald W. Bracey (). Education's 'Groundhog Day'. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/educations-groundhog-day

Daniel Choi, Wayne Wright (). Voices from the Classroom: A Statewide Survey of Experienced Third-Grade English Language Learner Teachers on the Impact of Lang. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/voices-classroom-a-statewide-survey-experienced-third-grade-english-language-learner-tea

Sharon L. Nichols, Gene V Glass, David C. Berliner (). High-Stakes Testing and Student Achievement: Problems for the No Child Left Behind Act. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/high-stakes-testing-and-student-achievement-problems-no-child-left-behind-act

Edward W. Wiley, William J. Mathis, David R. Garcia (). The Impact of the Adequate Yearly Progress Requirement of the Federal "No Child Left Behind" Act on Schools in the Great Lakes. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-impact-adequate-yearly-progress-requirement-federal-no-child-left-behind-act-schools

Wayne Wright, Chang Pu (). Academic Achievement of English Language Learners in Post Proposition 203 Arizona. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/academic-achievement-english-language-learners-post-proposition-203-arizona

Kevin G. Welner, D. Q. Weitzman (). The Soft Bigotry of Low Expenditures. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-soft-bigotry-low-expenditures

Gerald W. Bracey (). No Child Left Behind: Where Does the Money Go?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/no-child-left-behind-where-does-money-go

Kevin G. Welner (). Can Irrational Become Unconstitutional? NCLB’s 100% Presuppositions. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/can-irrational-become-unconstitutional-nclb%E2%80%99s-100-presuppositions

Sharon L. Nichols, David C. Berliner (). The Inevitable Corruption of Indicators and Educators Through High-Stakes Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-inevitable-corruption-indicators-and-educators-through-high-stakes-testing

Wayne Wright (). Evolution of Federal Policy and Implications of No Child Left Behind For Language Minority Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/evolution-federal-policy-and-implications-no-child-left-behind-for-language-minority-stu

Harold Berlak (). Does the No Child Left Behind Act Improve Schools and Increase Educational Opportunity?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/does-no-child-left-behind-act-improve-schools-and-increase-educational-opportunity

David C. Berliner, Sharon L. Nichols (). Test Results Untrustworthy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/test-results-untrustworthy

Bruce Fuller (). Children's Reading Scores Stalled in Major States. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/childrens-reading-scores-stalled-major-states

Alex Molnar, Douglas N. Harris, Gene V Glass, Lisa Abrams, Madhabi Chatterji, Mary Lee Smith, Sherman Dorn, Tim Hacsi, Victoria-Maria MacDonald (). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/reform-florida

William J. Mathis (). Two Very Different Questions. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/two-very-different-questions

Janette K. Klingner, S. Ahwee, D. Van Garderen, C. Hernandez (). Closing the Gap: Enhancing Student Outcomes in an Urban Professional Development School. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/closing-gap-enhancing-student-outcomes-urban-professional-development-school

Philip Smith, Alex Molnar, John Zahorik (). Class-Size Reduction: A Fresh Look at the Data. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/class-size-reduction-a-fresh-look-data

Harold Berlak (). The "No Child Left Behind Act" and Teaching Reading. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-no-child-left-behind-act-and-teaching-reading

Derek C. Briggs, Mark Wilson (). An Introduction to Multidimensional Measurement using Rasch Models. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/an-introduction-multidimensional-measurement-using-rasch-models

(). More Schools Rely on Tests, But Study Raises Doubts. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/more-schools-rely-tests-but-study-raises-doubts

Susan Ohanian (). What Happened to Recess and Why are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/what-happened-recess-and-why-are-our-children-struggling-kindergarten

Kenneth R. Howe (). Implications for the Use of the ACT Within the Colorado Student Assessment Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/implications-use-act-within-colorado-student-assessment-program

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, David C. Berliner (). The Impact of High-Stakes Tests on Student Academic Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-impact-high-stakes-tests-student-academic-performance

Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, David C. Berliner (). An Analysis of Some Unintended and Negative Consequences of High-Stakes Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/an-analysis-some-unintended-and-negative-consequences-high-stakes-testing

Lorrie Shepard, D. Peressini (). An Analysis of the Content and Difficulty of the CSAP 10th-Grade Mathematics Test. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/an-analysis-content-and-difficulty-csap-10th-grade-mathematics-test

Lorrie Shepard (). The Role of Classroom Assessment in Teaching and Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/role-classroom-assessment-teaching-and-learning

Kevin G. Welner (). Alexander v. Sandoval: A Setback for Civil Rights. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/alexander-v-sandoval-a-setback-civil-rights

Kevin G. Welner (). Tracking in an Era of Standards: Low-Expectation Classes Meet High-Expectation Laws. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/tracking-era-standards-low-expectation-classes-meet-high-expectation-laws

Grace Taylor, Lorrie Shepard, Freya Kinner, Justin Rosenthal (). A Survey of Teachers' Perspectives on High-Stakes Testing in Colorado: What Gets Taught, What Gets Lost. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/a-survey-teachers-perspectives-high-stakes-testing-colorado-what-gets-taught-what-gets-l

Gerald W. Bracey (). High-Stakes Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/high-stakes-testing

Lorrie Shepard (). The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/role-assessment-learning-culture

O. Ruiz, M. Loera, Y. Rodriguez, Kathy Escamilla (). An Examination of Sustaining Effects in Descubriendo La Lectura Programs. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/an-examination-sustaining-effects-descubriendo-la-lectura-programs

Grace Taylor, Damian W. Betebenner (). Inclusion of Limited-English-Proficient Students in Rhode Island's Grade 4 Mathematics Performance Assessment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/inclusion-limited-english-proficient-students-rhode-islands-grade-4-mathematics-performa

Alex Molnar (). Smaller Classes–Not Vouchers–Increase Student Achievement. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/smaller-classes%E2%80%93not-vouchers%E2%80%93increase-student-achievement

Lorrie Shepard (). The Centrality of Test Use and Consequences for Test Validity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/centrality-test-use-and-consequences-test-validity

Lorrie Shepard (). Measuring Achievement: What Does It Mean to Test for Robust Understanding?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/measuring-achievement-what-does-it-mean-test-robust-understanding

R. J. Flexer, T. J. Weston, S. F. Marion, V. Mayfield, E. H. Hiebert (). Effects of Introducing Classroom Performance Assessments on Student Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/effects-introducing-classroom-performance-assessments-student-learning

C. L. Bliem (). Parents' Thinking About Standardized Tests and Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/parents-thinking-about-standardized-tests-and-performance

Lorrie Shepard (). The Place of Testing Reform in Educational Reform: A Reply to Cizek. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/place-testing-reform-educational-reform-reply-cizek

Margaret Eisenhart, M. E. Graue (). Constructing Cultural Difference and Educational Achievement in Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/constructing-cultural-difference-and-educational-achievement-schools

Lorrie Shepard (). Commentary: What Policymakers Who Mandate Tests Should Know About the New Psychology of Intellectual Ability and Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/commentary-what-policy-makers-who-mandate-tests-should-know-about-new-psychology-intelle

Lorrie Shepard (). Psychometricians' Beliefs about Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/psychometricians-beliefs-about-learning

S. B. Dunbar, D. Koretz, Robert L. Linn (). The Effects of High-Stakes Testing on Achievement: Preliminary Findings About Generalization Across Tests. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-effects-high-stakes-testing-achievement-preliminary-findings-about-generalization-ac

K. Cutts-Dougherty (). Effects of High-Stakes Testing on Instruction. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/effects-high-stakes-testing-instruction

Lorrie Shepard (). Should Instruction Be Measurement Driven? A Debate. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/should-instruction-be-measurement-driven-a-debate

A. Kreitzer (). The Texas Teacher Test. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-texas-teacher-test

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