NEPC Resources on Assessment
Emilie Mitescu Reagan, A. Lin Goodwin (). Let’s Stop Asking Whether Teachers Are Professionals. Let’s Ask What Kinds of Professionals We Want Teachers to Be. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/teachers
(). Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-shepard-092624
Matt Barnum (). Mark Zuckerberg Tried to Revolutionize American Education With Technology. It Didn’t Go as Planned.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/resource-document-zuckerberg-summit
(). Testing is Broken. Can This Bill Fix It?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-dc-briefing-100523
Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Anna Noble, Meenakshi Mani (). We Need Better Education Policy. Summit Public Schools Shows Why.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/summit-2023
(). Educational Accountability 3.0: Beyond ESSA. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/resource-document-beyond-essa
(). Five Reasons to Be Cautious When Comparing Pre- and During-Pandemic Test Scores. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-pandemic-assessment-032823
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
Eunice S. Han, Yongmei Ni (). NEPC Review: Ohio’s Lost Einsteins: The Inequitable Outcomes of Early High Achievers (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2021). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/einsteins
(). Spring 2021 Exam Results Are In. Now What?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-covid-assessment-102821
Amy Cummings (). Making Early Literacy Policy Work: Three Considerations for Policymakers Based on Kentucky’s “Read to Succeed” Act. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/literacy
Gail L. Sunderman (). NEPC Review: School Accountability--Past, Present, and Future (Hoover Institution, November 2020). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/accountability
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
Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Michael K. Barbour (). Issues to Consider Before Adopting a Digital Platform or Learning Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/virtual-learning
(). The Misguided Push to Reintroduce Standardized Testing During the Pandemic. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-testing-covid-080620
(). Four Big Takeaways About Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-assessment-030520
(). Five Charts That Show Why We Really Need to Track Educational Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-equity-100819
(). Data Walls Demoralize Students. Assessment Expert Lorrie Shepard Explains Why. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-shepard-082919
Lorrie Shepard (). NEPC Review: Education System Alignment for 21st Century Skills: Focus on Assessment (Brookings Institution, November 2018). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/assessment
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
(). High Stakes, Low Validity?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/newsletter-SHSAT-071918
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
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
Clive Belfield (). Review of The Efficiency Index. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-efficiency-index
(). 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
Gregory Camilli (). NEPC Review: KIPP Middle Schools: Impacts on Achievement and Other Outcomes (Mathematica Policy Research, February 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-KIPP-middle-schools
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
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 (). NEPC Review: Myths and Facts about Value-Added Analysis (TNTP, November 2011). 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
Derek C. Briggs, Ben Domingue (). Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/due-diligence
Jesse Rothstein (). NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-learning-about-teaching
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
Edward García Fierros, Bridget Rooney (). NEPC Review: 2010 State School Report Card (October 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/thinktank/review-2010-state-school-report
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
Kevin G. Welner (). The Overselling of Growth Modeling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/overselling-growth-modeling
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-
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
Kevin G. Welner, K. Martinez (). The Use of Assessment for Curricular Differentiation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/the-use-assessment-curricular-differentiation
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
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
(). Significance of Test-Based Ratings for Metropolitan Boston Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/significance-test-based-ratings-metropolitan-boston-schools
Lorrie Shepard (). The Role of Classroom Assessment in Teaching and Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/role-classroom-assessment-teaching-and-learning
Lorrie Shepard (). The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/role-assessment-learning-culture
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
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
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