Specialized Publications
| November 2013 Implementing Online Assessments (PDF) Presentation slides from the 2013 State Educational Technology Directors Association Leadership Summit Nancy Doorey, K–12 Center at ETS |
| June 2013 Leveraging the Applications and Tools Being Developed by the Race to the Top Assessment Consortia to Advance Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Additional Content Areas (PDF) Juliette Siegfried for the K–12 Center at ETS. This paper, the first in a series of papers commissioned by the K–12 Center for the September 2013 Research Symposium on Science Assessment, explains how the two Race to the Top Comprehensive Assessment Consortia will support science and other content areas beyond English language arts and mathematics by allowing stakeholders in these additional content areas to leverage their systems and tools. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium's architecture is described. A similar description of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) architecture will be provided in a future paper. |
| August 2013 A Unique Moment in Time: Common Core State Standards and Aligned Common Assessments (PDF) Presentation slides from 2013 ACTS Conference Pascal D. Forgione, K–12 Center at ETS |
| June 2013 Seeing the Future: How the Common Core State Standards Will Affect Mathematics and English Language Arts in Grades 3–12 Across America (PDF) Educators from across the country review sample items and tasks released by the Assessment Consortia and discuss how they will impact instruction. |
| November 2011 State Adoption of Common Standards and Assessments: What Do States Gain and Give Up? (PDF) By the K–12 Center at ETS |
| Presentation to 2012 Suburban School Superintendents Annual Meeting |
| May 2011 Addressing Two Commonly Unrecognized Sources of Score Instability in Annual State Assessments An expert panel review of (1) the errors associated with the failure to use scientific sampling methodology in combination with cluster sampling designs and (2) errors associated with equating test forms. Published by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). |
| September 2010 Trends in U.S. Achievement 1990–2010: A Data Profile (PDF) Prepared for the Business Roundtable by the Center and the ETS Research and Development Division |