At the very least it will cause a moratorium in continuation of state accountability programs even though these programs have had a consistently positive impact on student performance. (educationnext.org)
Past efforts to implement performance assessments in conjunction with state accountability programs, including those of the state assessment consortia PARCC and Smarter Balanced, have fallen short of their original intentions for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is efficiencies of cost and time. (cce.org)
Including all students tested this way, as the state accountability program may mimic it, encourages consideration at all levels of students with high mobility. (morganpolikoff.com)