Teacher Evaluation Practical Guide: Interactive Online Version
The online version of this guide can be accessed on the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center) at American Institutes for Research (AIR) website. The website also offers relevant resources from national websites.
Building a Plan for Higher Education to Implement the Smarter Balanced Assessment System
This document’s goal is to provide “guidance for state higher education leaders on one crucial aspect of implementation: the role that state systems of higher education must play to build toward recognition of the Smarter Balanced [Assessment Consortium] assessment as evidence that students are...
SERVE Website on Classroom Assessment
SERVE is one of ten regional education research and development (R&D) laboratories funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The SERVE website on Classroom Assessment provides links to resources in three topics: improving assessment in the science classroom; improving assessment in history;...
Smarter News – the SBAC Monthly Newsletter
Smarter Balanced provides monthly updates on the development of the Smarter Balanced assessment system and activities in member states.
Education Week: Spotlight on Assessment Website
The Education Week Spotlight on Assessment is a collection of articles hand-picked by Education Week editors including the following topics: classroom evidence of learning, formative assessment, computer-adaptive testing, the promises and challenges of open-ended test items, and the debate over...
Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning
Data Wise provides a toolbox of information pertaining to data-use and assessment practice. Following the "Data Wise Improvement Process," the book provides strategies to help schools organize and use data to improve student learning. The strategy can help organize assessment projects for...
State Policies Databases
This database provides online links to state policies on accommodations, graduation requirements, accountability (including the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 [NCLB]), and other topics for students with disabilities. The database is maintained by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO...
A Strong State Role in Common Core State Standards Implementation: Rubric and Self-Assessment Tool
The purpose of this tool is to assist states in gauging the strength of their Common Core State Standards implementation plans and to illustrate how to improve them. A high scoring state according to the rubric and tool, has three essential attributes: a system design reflecting accountability for...