Research Articles and Publications

Below are links to articles authored by ASG Staff Members.


RFI for Study on the Cost of Machine Scoring of Student Essays (click links below)

-       Machine Scoring RFI

-       RFI Pricing Worksheet

   

Getting to Higher-Quality Assessments: Evaluating Costs, Benefits and Investment Strategies, March 2012

• Barry Topol, John Olson, Ph.D., Ed Roeber, Ph.D., Pat Hennon

 

ASSESSMENT PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS 

• January 2011

GUIDELINES FOR ORGANIZING AND LEADING A STATE ASSESSMENT CONSORTIUM

• September 2010

COST OF NEW HIGHER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS

• April 2010

QUALITY CONTROL CHECKLIST FOR PROCESSING, SCORING, AND REPORTING

• TILSA SCASS (2003)

QUALITY CONTROL CHECKLIST FOR ITEM DEVELOPMENT AND TEST FORM CONSTRUCTION

• TILSA SCASS (2003)

Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs: 2001-2002

• John F. Olson, Arthur Halbrook, and Ida Jones, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC, Fall, 2003.

Annual Survey of State Student Assessment Programs, 2000-2001, Vols. 1 & 2

• John F. Olson, Arthur Halbrook, and Ida Jones, Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC, Fall, 2002.

Assuring Accurate Student Assessment Results: Steps States and Their Contractors Can Take

• Ed Roeber, Ph.D.

Designing Coordinated Assessment Systems for Title I

• Ed Roeber, Ph.D.

Guidelines for the Management of Performance Assessments

• Ed Roeber, Ph.D.

Steps in the Right Direction

• Ed Roeber, Ph.D.

A Meta-Analysis of Testing Mode Effects in Grade K-12 Mathematics Tests, 2007

• Shudong Wang, Hong Jiao, Michael J. Young, Thomas Brooks, John Olson; Harcourt Assessment, Inc

Comparability of Computer-Based and Paper-and-Pencil Testing in K–12 Reading Assessments: A Meta-Analysis of Testing Mode Effects, 2008

• Shudong Wang, Hong Jiao, Michael J. Young, Thomas Brooks, John Olson; Harcourt Assessment, Inc.