Table of Contents:
  • The Challenges to Measurement in an Era of Accountability : Introduction and Overview / Henry Braun
  • Design and Development of End-of-Course Tests for Student Assessment and Teacher Evaluation / Steve Ferrara and Denny Way
  • Design and Implementation Considerations of Performance-Based and Authentic Assessments for Use in Accountability Systems / Scott F. Marion and Katie Buckley
  • Psychometric Considerations for Performance-Based Assessments and Student Learning Objectives / Suzanne Lane and Charles DePascale
  • General Introduction to Evidence-Centered Design / Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Eric B. Snow, Cynthia D'Angelo, Christopher J. Harris, Louise Yarnall, and Liliana Ructtinger
  • Validity and Accountability : Test Validation for 21st-Century Educational Assessments / Stephen G. Sireci and Amanda Soto
  • Commentary : Can Campbell's Law be Mitigated? / Derek C. Briggs
  • Arts Assessment in an Age of Accountability : Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation, Design, and Measurement / Scott C. Shuler, Timothy S. Brophy, F. Robert Sabol, Susan McGreevy-Nichols, and Mary J. Schuttler
  • Assessment Issues in World Languages / Margaret E. Malone and Paul Sandrock
  • Use of Evidence-Centered Design in Assessment of History Learning / Kadriye Ercikan, Peter Seixas, Pamela Kaliski, and Kristen Huff
  • Assessing the Life Sciences : Using Evidence-Centered Design for Accountability Purposes / Geneva D. Haertel, Terry P. Vendlinski, Daisy Rutstein, Angela DeBarger, Britte H. Cheng, Cindy Ziker, Christopher J. Harris, Cynthia D'Angelo, Eric B. Snow, Marie Bienkowski, and Liliana Ructtinger
  • Assessing Physical and Earth and Space Science in the Context of the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards / Nathaniel J.S. Brown, Scott S. Maderer, and James Wood
  • Transforming Assessment in Mathematics : Introduction / Patricia A. Klag and Friedrich L. Kluempen.