Designing High-Quality Assessment Solutions

We are dedicated to customizing innovative solutions based on close collaboration with our clients. Whether we are developing assessments, analyzing assessment data, or conducting research, our focus is to ensure that outcomes are reliable, valid, and fair for all students. 

How We Help

Assessment Framework 

We develop content specifications, test blueprints and designs, and reports aligned to your goals; create content; conduct field tests and item analyses; and produce final forms. 

Performance Level Descriptors 

We craft descriptors that support the standard setting process and clarify performance relative to important indicators. 

Score Report Design and Evaluation 

We translate data into insights and evaluate reports with interest holders. 

Item Development 

We bring content expertise to item writing and review to ensure items are fair and measure what students know and can do. 

Item Analysis and Scaling 

We conduct item analysis and scaling to produce results and reports that are valid and reliable, including independent replication. 

Standard Setting 

We design and implement standard-setting methods that help you establish meaningful performance levels. 

Alignment Studies 

We conduct alignment studies to evaluate how well assessments address content standards. Learn more about our Alignment Studies.

Validity and Reliability Studies 

We provide psychometric services to establish validity and reliability evidence to meet requirements. 

To learn more about our services, visit the Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Service Delivery

• Online and onsite

Who Will Benefit

• District administrators  
• Assessment directors 
• State education agencies  
• Curriculum and assessment providers 
• Psychometricians and researchers 

Connecting Research With Practice

Researching topics like cultural relevance and artificial intelligence allows us to make recommendations on assessment design and content and informs our analyses and understanding of results as we work with clients.