There has long been a concern about the lack of representation of ethnic minorities in the field of educational measurement. As previous research has shown that graduate programs primarily rely on their websites for recruiting efforts, the objective of this study was to conduct a content analysis of all U.S. educational measurement program…

This paper describes a comprehensive model of alignment that provides a foundation for meaningful reporting of students' academic progress over time. The model includes both horizontal and vertical alignment as integral parts of the development of content standards, test blueprints, items, item pools, instruments, performance level descriptors,…

This paper describes the Teacher Assessment Project at Stanford University, where model assessments are being developed to serve as prototypes for a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Three lines of work are in process: (1) conducting "wisdom of practice" studies; (2) investigating alternative assessment technologies;…