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Testing and Assessment

Testing and Assessment

How to measure what students know is one of the most complex and controversial aspects of education. Our studies explore all aspects of measurement and assessment, techniques and technologies for assessment, test policy, and the use of tests in accountability systems. Our work also examines assessment in the workplace and its use in human resources planning. See also:

Board on Testing and Assessment

Download the booklet, Lessons Learned About Testing: Ten Years of Work at the National Research Council.

Current Projects

Committee for the Five Year (2009-2013) Summative Evaluation of the District of Columbia's Public Schools The committee will write a consensus evaluation report that describes changes in the public schools during the period from 2009 to 2013 and also addresses the questions outlined in the PERAA legislation about effects on business practices; human resources operations and human capital strategies; academic plans; and student achievement.

Developing Assessment of Science Proficiency in K-12 The committee will make recommendations for strategies for developing assessments that validly measure student proficiency in science as laid out in the new K-12 science education framework....

Reports of Interest

	Assessing 21st Century Skills: Summary of a Workshop (BOTA) 2011 The routine jobs of yesterday are being replaced by technology and/or shipped off-shore. In their place, job categories that require knowledge management, abstract reasoning, and personal services... Read more

	Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education (BOTA) 2011 In recent years there have been increasing efforts to use accountability systems based on large-scale tests of students as a mechanism for improving student achievement. The federal No Child Left... Read more

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	The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration—This report provides a comprehensive assessment of U.S. immigration trends over the past 20 years, immigration's impact on the labor market and wages of native-born workers, and its fiscal impact at the national, state, and local levels. ►Read more
	Modernizing Crime Statistics: Report 1: Defining and Classifying Crime is the first of two reports on developing a new set of indicators of crime in the United States. It proposes a new system for the classification of crime based on historical and international efforts to define crime and on the diverse demands for and uses of crime statistics. ► Read More
	*Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice* evaluates the state of the science on biological and psychosocial consequences of bullying as well as the context, scope, and impact of the problem. The report also outlines next steps in prevention for policymakers, parents, educators, healthcare providers, and others concerned with the care of children. ► Read more