National Center for The Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.

The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment supports the technical, practical, and policy issues surrounding large-scale educational assessment and accountability programs. The center will convene experts to develop principles and provide advice to the U.S. Department of Education about criteria for comparing pilot student assessment programs. The center’s work will help states, districts, and deeper learning advocates expand the number of students assessed on a more complete range of knowledge and higher-order thinking skills.

Currently, there are no accepted guidelines to help teachers choose high-quality instructional materials aligned to the Common Core. The Center proposes to fill that void by producing a concept paper that defines alignment, developing an evaluation process for educators to follow, and identifying examples of materials that meet the standards.