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Direct linkDerek C. Briggs – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2024
This article provides a history of the two large-scale assessment consortia that were funded in 2010 as part of the Race to the Top Competition, the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC), and the Smarter-Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). I compare the goals the consortia were funded to meet between 2011…
Descriptors: Consortia, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Chia, Magda Y. – Applied Measurement in Education, 2014
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) serves over 19 million primary, middle, and high school students from across 26 states and affiliates (Smarter Balanced, n.d). As one of the two Race to the Top (RTT)-funded assessment consortia, Smarter Balanced is responsible for developing formative, interim, and summative…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, English Language Learners
Braun, Henry – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
The focus article "Road Maps for Learning: A Guide to the Navigation of Learning Progressions" by Black, Wilson, and Yao (this issue) is a veritable tour-de-force, covering a great deal of education ground while spanning the heights from models of the interplay among curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment to interpretations of student…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Change, Consortia, Accountability
Bunch, Michael B. – Language Testing, 2011
Title III of Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind; NCLB) provided for creation of assessments of English language learners (ELLs) and established, through the Enhanced Assessment Grant program, a platform from which four consortia of states developed ELL tests aligned to rigorous statewide content standards. Those four tests (ACCESS for ELLs,…
Descriptors: Test Items, Student Evaluation, Federal Legislation, Formative Evaluation
