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NAAD Webinars and Special Presentations

• October 14, 2022 Formative Assessment (Dr. Caroline Wylie, Principal Research Scientist at ETS) Recording

• February 11, 2022 State of Florida's Shift In Testing (Vince Verges) Recording

• January 6, 2022 6 Big Changes to Standardized Tests (Dr. Stephen Sirechi) Recording Article

• March 24, 2021 Classroom Assessment With Rick Stiggins (Balance Chart Matrix pdf )

• March 19, 2021 Spring, Summer, and/or Fall When to Administer Your 2021 State Assessments (moderator Ellen Forte)

• February 26, 2020 Standardized Assessments, Achievement Equity, and Curricular Alignment with Jeffrey Smith

• January 31, 2019 Loudoun County (VA) Public Schools PBIS Webinar with Lisa Fillipovich and Leigh Bennet

NAAD Surveys

• Performance Assessment Survey 2002

• NAAD survey on district testing practices naadsurvey2000

• Survey of testing practices and issues 1998

• Standardized Test Selection Practices in Public Schools 1987

• Test Preparation Survey 1986

• Survey on State and National Test Comparisons 1985

Annual Symposium Proceedings & Occasional Papers

NAAD usually produces an Annual Proceedings that reflects the content of the annual symposium. Presenters are asked to provide a copy of their paper and presentation. One purpose of these proceedings is to disseminate important information about testing issues to practitioners in schools.

• 2021 Symposium: Assessment Literacy: Practical Applications and Outcomes. Moderated by Rick Stiggins

• 2021 Annual Meeting

• 2019 Invited Lecture: Assessment Lessons from the National Research Council and the Promise of Formative Assessment (Dr, Michael Rodriguez)

• 2019 Symposium: Assessment Literacy: Tactics for Traction and Strategies for Success

• 2014 Symposium: Past Present Future v3 Trustworthy Test Results: Cheating in the Past, Present & Future

• 2011 Proceedings: Measuring Teacher Effectiveness in a Comprehensive Teacher Evaluation System: Fair, Accurate, & Legally Defensible? What Variables Belong in Your Value-Added Model?; Measuring Teacher Effectiveness; Alternative and innovative approaches for the use of growth models for school improvement

• 2011 Breakfast Meeting and Presentation from Dr. Joe Willhoft: An Overview of the Race-to-the-Top Assessment Consortia Part 1, An Overview of the Race-to-the-Top Assessment Consortia Part 2

• 2010 Proceedings: – Validity Issues for Interim Benchmark Assessment Systems

• NAAD 2009 powerpoints(1): NCLB at Year Eight in the Assessment of English Language Learners: Taking Stock of Assessment and Accountability Systems.

• 2008 Proceedings – not published

• Naad 2007 proceedings final NCLB:Changing it, Fixing It, Living With It

• 2006 Proceedings: naad 2006 proceedings final Beyond NCLB: From Measuring Status to Informing Improvement

• 2005 Proceedings: naad 2005 proceedings1 Current Guidance for Integrity in Testing

• 2004 Proceedings: NAAD2004 The Achievement Gap: Test Bias or School Structures

• 2003 Proceedings:NCLB One Year Into Implementation 2003_NAAD_NCME_Symposium

• 2002 Proceedings: NAAD2002papers What Will Be the Effects on Assessment and Accountability in Local School Districts of the “No Child Left Behind Legislation”?

• 2001 Proceedings: naad2001 Test Security in a High Stakes Environment: Myth or Reality?

• 2000 Proceedings: naad2000 Standards – Assessments – Instructional Improvement

  • The Golden Triangle of American Education

• 2000 NAAD Testing Survey naadtestingsurvey2000

• 1999 Proceedings: 1999_NAAD_Symposium Issues and Trends in Inclusive Assessment Practices

• 1998 Proceedings: naad98 Revisiting the Issue of Measuring and Reporting Student Growth in an Era of Standards Based Reform (Coming Soon)

• 1997 Proceedings: NAAD 1997 Symposium The Rasch Tiger Ten Years Later: Using IRT Techniques To Measure Achievement In Schools

• 1996 Proceedings: 1996 Proceedings Current Issues in Test Administration

• 1995 Proceedings: 1995 Proceedings Performance Assessment in the Brave New World of Continuous Quality Improvement: Perspectives from Business, Curriculum Development & Testing

• 1994 Proceedings: 1994 Proceedings Guiding Principles for Performance Assessment

• 1993 Proceedings: (Testing…Testing…) Do we know we are going? Have we been here before? The scoop from P.O.O.P.P’s; Objectifying the Subjective: Rubrics, Scoring guides, and Other Ways of Knowing

• 1992 Proceedings: National Assessment in England and Wales; Alternative Assessments in Practice: Perspectives on Issues and Problems

• 1991 Proceedings: symp1991 (Note, this is a scanned copy so the formatting is not perfect) More Authentic Assessment: Theory and practice; Measurement Issues in Performance Assessment; Local, State, National and International Indicator Systems: Will we know where we are if we get there?

• 1990 Proceedings: Issues in Large Scale Assessment Programs

• 1989 Proceedings: Beyond the Wall Chart: Indicators and school ranking; Dog-eared Reports are the Best of the Breed: Recognizing and rewarding evaluation utilization;

• 1989 Occasional Paper: Standardized Tests at the Pre-school Level: Do they tell us the truth about children?

• 1988 Proceedings: Customization of a National Standardized Achievement Test;

• 1988 Occasional Paper: Multi-layered Testing in the Los Angeles Unified School District

• 1987 Proceedings: Perspectives on Public Reporting of Test Results; Student Achievement Comparison Among States:

  • Issues and status; Riding the Rasch Tiger;

• 1987 Occasional Paper:The Testing Octopus: A tentacle for curriculum, or, How do you dance with a octopus?

• 1987 Occasional Paper: Who’s in Charge of Testing Now? or, A system used to consolidate testing throughout a district.

• 1986 Proceedings: Legitimate Ways to Prepare Students for Standardized Tests; Taming the Rasch Tiger: Using item response theory in practical educational measurement.

• 1985 Proceedings: Cheating on Standardized Tests; Issues and Problems in Large City Schools;

• 1985 Occasional Paper: Guidelines and Principles for National Test Norming Studies