NEPC Resources on Assessment
(). 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 (). 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
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