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Marion, Scott; Pace, Lillian; Brown, Julianna Charles; Keng, Leslie – National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, 2022
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) during the summer of 2021 for a firm to support the redesign of Utah's School Accountability System so that it's more aligned with Personalized, Competency-Based Learning and Utah's Portrait of a Graduate, but still simple and transparent. The current Utah School…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Criteria
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2022
The 2021-22 accreditation year continued to be impacted in significant ways by the ongoing nature of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. All accreditation activities, including site visits, were adjusted to reflect this new reality while maintaining full implementation of the system. This report presents information about the major activities of the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), COVID-19, Pandemics, School Visitation
Shepard, Lorrie A. – 1992
Claims that national tests will improve student learning are explored, asking whether national examinations will ensure high-quality instruction and greater student learning and whether tests developed to meet urgent political deadlines will retain essential features of authentic curriculum-driven assessments. Part I presents research evidence on…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education