(1)The Center for K–12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS
http://www.k12center.org/index.html
2014
2013
November 2013 |
Presentation slides from 2013 State Educational Technology Directors Association Leadership Summit on Implementing Online Assessments (PDF): Nancy Doorey, K–12 Center at ETS |
Invitational Research Symposium on Science Assessment: Measurement Challenges and Opportunities (PDF): Rodger W. Bybee for the K-12 Center at ETS. A summary report of the Invitational Research Symposium on Science Assessment, held September 24-25, 2013. |
September 2013 |
Assessing Next Generation Science Standards — Invitational Research Symposium Publications A collection of seven commissioned papers, 38 slide decks, and a Summary Report explore the measurement challenges and opportunities in assessing the Next Generation Science Standards. Closing panels (on video) discuss the need to ensure thoughtful statewide plans for the improvement of science teaching, learning and assessment. |
View the complete Event archive including the agenda and videotaped panel discussions. |
August 2013 |
A Step Change in K–12 Testing: An At-A-Glance Guide to the Six Assessment Consortia (PDF): This 10-page guide provides one-page summaries and illustrations of each of the six federally funded multistate assessment consortia. |
Update on PARCC and Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia: A Slide Presentation (August 2013) (PDF) |
Presentation slides from 2013 ACTS Conference, Austin, Texas, A Unique Moment in Time: Common Core State Standards and Aligned Common Assessments (PDF): Pascal D. Forgione, K–12 Center at ETS |
June 2013 |
"Leveraging the Systems and Applications Being Developed by the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia to Advance Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Content Areas Other Than English Language Arts and Mathematics" (PDF): Juliette Siegfried for the K–12 Center at ETS. This paper, the first in a series of papers commissioned by the K–12 Center for the September 2013 Research Symposium on Science Assessment, explains how the two Race to the Top Comprehensive Assessment Consortia will support science and other content areas beyond English language arts and mathematics by allowing stakeholders in these additional content areas to leverage their systems and tools. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium’s architecture is described. A similar description of the PARCC architecture will be provided in a future paper. |
Coming Together to Raise Achievement: New Assessments for the Common Core State Standards, Updated June 2013 (PDF) |
Seeing the Future: How the Common Core State Standards Will Affect Mathematics and English Language Arts in Grades 3–12 Across America (PDF) |
May 2013
“Symposium on Consortia Research Agendas, Critical Opportunities and Challenges FacingPresentation slides from AERA/NCME 2013 Annual Meeting, titled: Next-Generation Assessment Systems” (PDF)
Assessment Consortia” (PDF)
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April 2013 Summary of the English Language Proficiency Assessment for the 21st Century (ELPA21) Consortium (PDF) |
March 2013 Brief 4-page Overview of the PARCC and Smarter Balanced Assessment Systems (PDF) |
2012
2010 |
September 2010 Trends in U.S. Achievement 1990–2010: A Data Profile (PDF) Prepared for the Business Roundtable by the Center and the ETS Research & Development division |
March 2010 Next Generation K–12 Assessment Systems: National Conference Publications Four sets of nationally renowned educators and measurement experts presented their conceptions of a "next generation" assessment system to fuel the thinking of the Consortia.
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March 2010 A Fresh Start: Creating the Next Generation of Assessment Systems (PDF) This summary report of the National Conference on Next Generation Assessment Systems appeared inEducation Week on April 28, 2010. |
2009 |
December 2009 Next Generation K–12 Assessment Systems: Exploratory Seminar Publications A set of eight commissioned papers explore approaches to: a) the measurement of individual growth and b) the development of more instructionally useful assessment feedback. Policy briefs and summary paper provided. |