October 23, 2016Responding to a groundswell of researcher and practitioner interest in developing students' interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, we evaluated three measurement…
March 30, 2016On March 8–10, EPIC researchers Ross Anderson, Michael Thier, and Paul Beach presented at the 41st annual conference of the…
March 14, 2016In this paper, we [Matthew Gaertner, David Conley, and Paul Stoltz] attempt to clarify the readiness landscape. We introduce three…
January 21, 2016Proficiency-based teaching and learning (PBTL) is a systems-level approach to teaching, assessing, and grading students, with the goal of allowing…
November 16, 2015Brenda Iasevoli of The Hechinger Report profiles Los Angeles High School of the Arts, which is in its second year…- February 9, 2015Amy Scott discusses the differences between Smarter Balanced tests and the traditional standardized test, such as the use of open-ended…
December 2, 2014In 2012, California Senate Bill 1458 added a measure of college and career preparedness to the Academic Performance Index (API).…
August 5, 2014This white paper considers the benefits and limitations of multiple measures of college and career preparedness. The previous papers in…
August 5, 2014This white paper considers the career preparedness assessments used most widely by state educational systems—specifically ACT’s WorkKeys, the Armed Services…- June 17, 2014This white paper considers course-taking behavior—specifically the a–g subject requirements for the University of California (UC) and the California State…
