Tag Archives: Assessment

November 24, 2003 Honorable James A. Kadamus Deputy Commissioner Office for Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education The New York State Education Department Room 875 EBA Albany, New York 12234 Dear Deputy Commissioner Kadamus: I am writing in response to your letter of May 30, 2003, in which you sought clarification about the annual assessment […]

Arizona Department of Education An Examination of the Relative Contributions of the Four Language Modalities to English Language Proficiency: Implications for Assessment and Instruction Across Grade Spans and Proficiency Levels This consortium of six states — Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, and Utah — led by Arizona, in partnership with WestEd and Pacific Metrics, […]

Connecticut Establishing the Validity of Test Accommodations and Score Interpretations for Special Education Students: A Collaboration of State-based Research      NCLB requires that states offer accommodations on the grade level assessment so that the test is accessible to as many special education students as possible. However, little research has been conducted on the validity of accommodated […]

Delaware Implementing and Improving Comprehensive and Balanced Learning and Assessment Systems for Success in High School Success and Beyond: A Collaborative Project of Ten State Departments of Education, the Council of Chief State School Officers, the University of Pennsylvania Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Edvantia, and the Educational Testing Service      This ten-state collaborative, led […]

New Hampshire Knowing What Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities Know: Defining and Disseminating Technical Criteria for Alternate Assessments through a Research and Practice Partnership      States and testing companies have struggled to identify technically adequate but educationally sound methods of assessing the small group of students with significant cognitive disabilities for federal accountability purposes. Typically, experts […]

Colorado Enhancing the Assessments of Students with Disabilities: A Proposal for a Multi-State Special Education Collaborative Abstract The Colorado Department of Education is submitting this proposal as the lead agency for a Special Education Assessment Collaborative. The Collaborative is comprised of states and not-for profit organizations who desire to improve how students with complex disabilities […]

Maryland Innovations in Science Map, Assessment, and Report Technologies (I-SMART) Project Objectives and Activities: Abstract Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) reflect high expectations for students and are based on a multidimensional model of learning science. As states adopt the NGSS, high-quality assessments are needed to measure student learning of more rigorous standards and provide timely […]