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School-Level
Assessment
Senior
Project: A Performance-Based Approach to Secondary Reform (2004)
This
three-page article provides an overview of the Senior Project
program. For more information on Senior Project, go to www.seniorproject.net.
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State-Level
Assessment
An
Analysis of Item Mapping and Test Reporting Strategies (2004)
This
report summarizes SERVE's work on a NSF-funded project with South
Carolina to study those features and formats of state test score
reports that make them useful to educators for identifying students'
strengths and weaknesses and for adjusting instructional programs.
Assessing
the State of State Assessments (2002)
This
document includes a series of papers on theoretical and practical
issues associated with wide-scale assessment systems for preschool
and kindergarten-age children.
Assisting
Low-Performing Schools in the Southeast (2002)
(2004)
This
report, although not focused on assessment directly, deals with
the history in the Southeast of the state processes for identifying
and assisting low-performing schools. A second more recent article
by the same name was published in the International Journal of
Educational Policy, Research, & Practice and is available
upon request.
Can
High Stakes State Testing Be Improved? (2002)
This
is a 12-page article that includes the findings from a 2001 report
entitled Building Tests to Support Instruction and Accountability:
A Guide for Policymakers that outlines nine requirements
for states to consider and an interview with Dr. James Popham
about the report. Finally, it includes a set of standards for
state accountability systems outlined by CRESST.
Inside The
Content: The Breadth and Depth of Early Learning Standards
- Executive
Summary
- Full Report
This report
details results from a content analysis conducted on 38 sets of
early learning standards available for review in November 2003.
The report provides an in-depth look at the areas of children’s
learning and development that have and have not been addressed
in early learning standards developed by states to define expectations
for preschool-age children.
Standards
for Preschool Children's Learning and Development: Who Has Standards,
How Were They Developed, and How Are They Used? (2003 Full
Report)
In
order to gain a better understanding of the early learning standards
that have been developed by state-level organizations, this study
identified which states have developed early learning standards,
provided descriptive information about the nature of the standards,
provided data about the process used to develop early learning
standards, and explored how these standards were (or will be)
used. An Executive Summary
is also available.
Strategies
for Dealing with High-Stakes State Tests (2000)
This
article published in Phi Delta Kappan in October of 2000
was written by SERVE staff and suggests ways school and district
leaders can engage teachers in conversations so that "teaching
to the test," in the most restrictive sense, is avoided.
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Accountability
for Instructional Quality
Increasing
Academic Rigor Through High-Quality Professional Development
(2004)
This
six-page article from SERVE's The Vision (vol. 3, no.
2) on high school reform outlines a professional development model
used in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District in North Carolina.
The unit development approach is being used in U.S. History to
help teachers develop more rigorous units of study.
Using
Accountability as a Lever for Changing the Culture of Schools: Examining
District Strategies (1997)
SERVE's
work in accountability has explored what it means for a school
district to hold itself accountable for the quality of educational
programming it provides. In this publication, district leaders
reflect on strategies used over a four-year period as they engaged
principals, teachers, and the community in rethinking the definition
of quality.
The
Vision: Using Assessment and Accountability to Improve Student Learning
(2002 vol. 1, no. 2)
This
magazine includes the following articles:
- Standards
of Classroom Practice: Defining a Vision of Quality in the Classroom
- Taking
a Close Look at the Quality of Teachers' Assignments and Student
Work
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