NEPC Resources on High-Stakes Testing and Evaluation
(). 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
Joseph J. Ferrare (). NEPC Review: As a Matter of Fact: National Charter School Study III 2023 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), June 2023). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/charter-study
(). Whole Child Education: How Four Nations Compare. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-international-081723
Jeanne M. Powers (). Consumer-Oriented School Rating Systems and Their Implications for Educational Equity. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/school-ratings
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
(). Five Myths About Education. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-myths-102121
(). 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
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
(). Coronavirus Testing Cancellations Threatened to Worsen Inequities. So These Students Spoke Out. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-testoptionalnow-042120
(). Four Big Takeaways About Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-assessment-030520
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
(). College Admissions Fraud and 504 Plans: A Q&A with NEPC Fellow Edward Garcia Fierros. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/newsletter-admissions-111119
(). 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
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
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
(). 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
Gregory A. Smith, Alyssa Hadley Dunn (). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Alyssa Hadley Dunn on Viral Teacher Resignation Letters. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-hadley-dunn
Gail L. Sunderman, Erin Coghlan, Rick Mintrop (). School Closure as a Strategy to Remedy Low Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/closures
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
Tina Trujillo, Marialena Rivera (). Review of Measuring School Turnaround Success. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-turnaround
Julia Daniel, Kevin G. Welner, Michelle Renée Valladares (). Research-Based Expectations for Implementation of the Community Schools Initiative in New York City. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/community-schools
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
Sharon L. Nichols (). NEPC Review: Lessons From State Performance on NAEP: Why Some High-Poverty Students Score Better Than Others (Center for American Progress , January 2016). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-CAP-standards
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
(). 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
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
Andrew Maul (). NEPC Review: Urban Charter School Study Report on 41 Regions 2015 (Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), March 2015). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./%20thinktank/review-urban-charter-school
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
Gene V Glass (). NEPC Review: The Productivity of Public Charter Schools (University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, July 2014). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-productivity-public-charter
William J. Mathis (). Review of Two Alternative Teacher Preparation Proposals. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-fast-start-time-to-improve
Tina Trujillo, Marialena Rivera (). Review of The Effect of Co-locations on Student Achievement in NYC Public Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-effect-of-co-locations
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
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
Rich Milner (). Policy Reforms and De-professionalization of Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/policy-reforms-deprofessionalization
Jesse Rothstein, William J. Mathis (). NEPC Review: Have We Identified Effective Teachers? (Gates Foundation, January 2013). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-MET-final-2013
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
Catherine S. Durso (). An Analysis of the Use and Validity of Test-Based Teacher Evaluations Reported by the Los Angeles Times: 2011. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/analysis-la-times-2011
Jaekyung Lee (). NEPC Review: Do High Flyers Maintain Their Altitude? (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, September 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-high-flyers
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
Bruce D. Baker (). NEPC Review: Stretching the School Dollar: A Brief for State Policymakers (Thomas B. Fordham Institute, January 2011). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/part-2-%E2%80%93-stretching-truth
Jesse Rothstein (). NEPC Review: Learning About Teaching (December 2010). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-learning-about-teaching
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
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
Edward W. Wiley (). A Practitioner’s Guide to Value-Added Assessment (Educational Policy Studies Laboratory Research Monograph). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/a-practitioners-guide-value-added-assessment-educational-policy-studies-laboratory-resea
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
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
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
David C. Berliner, Sharon L. Nichols (). Test Results Untrustworthy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/test-results-untrustworthy
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
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
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
(). Reports Find Fault with High-Stakes Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/reports-find-fault-with-high-stakes-testing
Gene V Glass (). High-Stakes AIMS is a Brutal Test That Hurts the Students. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/high-stakes-aims-a-brutal-test-that-hurts-students
(). High-Stakes Testing and U.S.-Mexican Youth in Texas: The Case for Multiple Compensatory Criteria in Assessment. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/high-stakes-testing-and-us-mexican-youth-texas-case-multiple-compensatory-criteria-asses
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
Harold Berlak (). What You Need to Know About High Stakes Testing in California. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/what-you-need-know-about-high-stakes-testing-california
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
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
(). Pupils Lose Their Grip on Education if Schools Hold Too Tightly to Tests. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/pupils-lose-their-grip-education-if-schools-hold-too-tightly-tests
Catherine A. Lugg (). Congress, Teachers, and the Perils of Merit Pay. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/congress-teachers-and-perils-merit-pay
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
(). Texas Tests Harbor a "Soft Bigotry" of Their Own. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/texas-tests-harbor-soft-bigotry-their-own
Gerald W. Bracey (). High-Stakes Testing. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/high-stakes-testing
Harold Berlak (). Testing Teachers to Raise Standards: Does It Work?. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/testing-teachers-raise-standards-does-it-work
K. Cutts-Dougherty (). Effects of High-Stakes Testing on Instruction. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/effects-high-stakes-testing-instruction
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
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