Letter Report to the U.S. Department of Education on the Race to the Top Fund (2009)

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Comments on Race to the Top Proposal Attachment C: Selected Reports of the Board on Testing and Assessment NOTE: All of the reports listed here were or will be published by the National Academies Press. Assessing Accomplished Teaching: Advanced-Level Certification Programs (2008) Assessment in Support of Instruction and Learning: Bridging the Gap Between Large-Scale and Classroom Assessment (2003) Educating One and All: Students with Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform (1997) Embedding Questions: The Pursuit of a Common Measure in Uncommon Tests (1999) Evaluation of the Voluntary National Tests: Year 1 and Year 2 (1999) Getting Value Out of Value-Added: Report of a Workshop (forthcoming, 2009) Grading the Nation’s Report Card: Evaluating NAEP and Transforming the Assessment of Educational Progress (1999) High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation (1999) Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education (forthcoming, 2010) Keeping Score for All: The Effects of Inclusion and Accommodation Policies on Large-Scale Educational Assessment (2004) Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment (2001) Lessons Learned About Testing: Ten Years of Work at the National Research Council (no date) Measuring High School Graduation and Dropout Rates: Next Steps for Research and Policy (forthcoming, 2010) Measuring Literacy: Performance Levels for Adults (2005) Myths and Tradeoffs: The Role of Tests in Undergraduate Admissions (1999) NAEP Reporting Practices: Investigating District-Level and Market-Basked Reporting (2001) Systems for State Science Assessment (2005) Testing, Teaching, and Learning: A Guide for States and School Districts (1999) Testing Teacher Candidates: The Role of Licensure Tests in Improving Teacher Quality (2001) Uncommon Measures: Equivalence and Linkage Among Educational Tests (1999) Understanding Dropouts: Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing (2001) 17