Resource Bank

Paper by David T. Conley (2014) written for Students at the Center, a project outlining the practices necessary to advance 21st century learners. www.studentsatthecenter.org (SATC)

This policy paper recommends the use of assessment information for accountability purposes that include both large scale summative and classroom level formative assessment.

This article is a summary of an ASCD book on the different types of data collected and used or different purposes.

This guide commissioned by CCSSO provides a description of growth models currently used in education. The paper was authored by Andrew Ho and Katherine Castellano.

This primer explains what equating is, common misconceptions, basic terms, designs for equating, the mechanics of equating, and the inferences that can be drawn as a result of equating tests.     (Copyright © 2007–2009 by the Council of Chief State School Officers. © 2018 by the Council of Chief State School Officers, A Practitioner’s Introduction to Equating, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

This paper provides an accessible review of student growth percentiles used in growth models.

This paper is a report from the Gordon Commission on proposed changes to the purposes and methods of assessment.

This paper presents a brief description of the assessments English learners are required to participate in.

This article by Stiggins and Popham includes inventories focused on four key variables relevant to AFL classrooms.

This paper presents a brief description of the assessments students with disabilities are required to participate in.

The appendices in this paper include many current resources that support the development and implementation of performance assessment.

The Top 10 in 10 goals for Michigan education are laid out in this table,