NEPC Resources on Assessment

(September 26, 2024). Testing and Accountability: The Federal Role. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-shepard-092624

Matt Barnum (October 11, 2023). 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

(October 5, 2023). 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 (September 21, 2023). We Need Better Education Policy. Summit Public Schools Shows Why.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/summit-2023

(May 1, 2023). Educational Accountability 3.0: Beyond ESSA. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-beyond-essa

(March 28, 2023). 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 (June 23, 2022). 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 (December 2, 2021). 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

(October 28, 2021). Spring 2021 Exam Results Are In. Now What?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-covid-assessment-102821

Amy Cummings (June 3, 2021). 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 (February 9, 2021). 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 (October 29, 2020). 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 (September 24, 2020). Issues to Consider Before Adopting a Digital Platform or Learning Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-learning

(August 6, 2020). The Misguided Push to Reintroduce Standardized Testing During the Pandemic. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-testing-covid-080620

(March 5, 2020). Four Big Takeaways About Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-assessment-030520

(October 8, 2019). Five Charts That Show Why We Really Need to Track Educational Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-equity-100819

(August 29, 2019). Data Walls Demoralize Students. Assessment Expert Lorrie Shepard Explains Why. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-shepard-082919

Lorrie Shepard (April 2, 2019). 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 (March 5, 2019). 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

(July 19, 2018). High Stakes, Low Validity?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-SHSAT-071918

Kevin Close, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, Clarin Collins (June 5, 2018). 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 (January 26, 2017). 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 (September 23, 2014). Review of The Efficiency Index. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-efficiency-index

(February 18, 2014). Does Class Size Matter?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/does-class-size-matter

Patricia Burch, Mary Stewart, Jahni Smith (November 19, 2013). 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 (April 30, 2013). 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 (April 2, 2013). Review of Does Sorting Students Improve Test Scores?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-does-sorting-students

Steven Jay Gross (February 28, 2012). 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 (November 11, 2011). When the Legend Becomes Fact, Print the Fact Sheet. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/when-legend

Kevin G. Welner, Carol C. Burris (July 30, 2011). 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 (May 18, 2011). 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 (February 8, 2011). Due Diligence and the Evaluation of Teachers. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/due-diligence

Jesse Rothstein (January 13, 2011). NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-learning-about-teaching

Jeremy Kilpatrick (January 11, 2011). 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 (December 14, 2010). NEPC Review: 2010 State School Report Card (October 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-2010-state-school-report

Joshua Feinman (October 22, 2008). 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 (June 1, 2008). The Overselling of Growth Modeling. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/overselling-growth-modeling

Damian W. Betebenner (January 15, 2008). 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 (September 19, 2007). 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 (January 1, 2007). The Use of Assessment for Curricular Differentiation. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/the-use-assessment-curricular-differentiation

Daniel Laitsch (January 1, 2006). 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 (January 1, 2004). Reform Florida. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reform-florida

(October 16, 2001). 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 (January 1, 2001). The Role of Classroom Assessment in Teaching and Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/role-classroom-assessment-teaching-and-learning

Lorrie Shepard (January 1, 2000). The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/role-assessment-learning-culture

Lorrie Shepard (January 1, 1997). 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 (January 1, 1995). Parents' Thinking About Standardized Tests and Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/parents-thinking-about-standardized-tests-and-performance

Lorrie Shepard (January 1, 1993). 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 (January 1, 1992). 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 (January 1, 1991). Psychometricians' Beliefs about Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/psychometricians-beliefs-about-learning