Measuring Student Growth with Large-Scale Assessments in an Education Accountability System NCLB CCSS
- Author(s):
- Yen, Wendy M.
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Source:
- Paper presented at the Exploratory Seminar: Measurement Challenges Within the Race to the Top Agenda, Dec 2009
- Document Type:
- Paper
- Page Count:
- 10
- Subject/Key Words:
- K-12 Education, Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge, Growth Models, Educational Accountability, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), ETS K-12 Center
Abstract
In writing my comments, I have kept in mind the context for this workshop, which is to catalyze higher quality assessments within Race to the Top applications. Toward this end, my discussion will cover some general concepts about assessing growth in large‐scale assessment and then turn to some observations about educational accountability. I end with a short list of Race to the Top recommendations.