In education and assessment, we use the word “standards” in a number of ways: curriculum standards, standards-based assessments, performance standards. Performance standards—also known as proficiency ...

The committee’s charge was to develop a set of criteria with which to evaluate NAEP achievement levels. We were asked to address the question: To what extent are the NAEP achievement levels reasonable ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Nearly all schools have noted that student learning was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. Wausau School District assessment data for its elementary school students, ...

One key to a principled assessment system is to write ALDs at the beginning of the test-development process. The ALDs, created by teams similar to those that set standards, help guide the creation of ...

Since 1969, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has been providing policymakers, educators, and the public with reports on academic performance and progress of the nation's students ...