edCount, LLC, is pleased to announce that the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) has been awarded a three-year grant under the U.S. Department of Education’s...
Strengthening Claims-Based Interpretations and Uses of Local and Large-Scale Science Assessment Scores (SCILLSS) Chosen as the First Place Winner for AERA 2020 Division H’s Outstanding Publications Competition in Category 4: Assessment & Accountability
We are pleased to announce that the SCILLSS project has been recognized by the American Education Research Association (AERA) as first place winner of the AERA 2020...
Dr. Ellen Forte Joins the Technical Advisory Group for the Standards and Testing Agency in the UK
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) of the Education Department for the United Kingdom has invited Dr. Ellen Forte, CEO and Chief Scientist at edCount, to join its...
edCount and Partners Present on SCILLSS at the NCME Annual Meeting on April 4-8, 2019
edCount, ACS Ventures, the Nebraska Department of Education, and the Indiana Department of Education presented a NCME conference session to share information about a...
Digital Workbook on Educational Assessment Design and Evaluation: Creating and Evaluating Effective Educational Assessments
edCount’s Strengthening Claims-based Interpretations and Uses of Local and Large-scale Science Assessment Scores (SCILLSS) project team developed a Digital Workbook on...
Congratulations to Catherine Gewertz on Winning the Inaugural NCME Award for Excellence in Public Communication
The National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) awarded Catherine Gewertz, Senior Contributing Writer for Education Week, its very first award for Excellence in...
Dr. Forte publishes commissioned white paper with Council of Chief State School Officers Collaborative
The Technical Issues in Large Scale Assessment State Collaborative on Assessments and Student Standards (TILSA SCASS) of the Council of Chief State School Officers...
edCount Conducted Workshop on Applications of an Alignment Evaluation Framework at the Annual Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) Conference on October 18-20, 2017
Based on Dr. Ellen Forte’s publications on the topic of alignment evaluation (e.g., 2013, 2017), this workshop provided participants with solid grounding in alignment...
Enhanced Assessment Grant (EAG) Award for Strengthening Claims-based Interpretations and Uses of Local and Large-scale Science Assessment Scores (SCILLSS) Project
edCount is collaborating with lead state, Nebraska, and two other states (Montana, and Wyoming) and three partner organizations (ACS Ventures, SRI International, and...
edCount Presented Information on SCILLSS Project at the National Council for Measurement in Education (NCME) Special Conference on September 14, 2017
edCount led a panel discussion on the topic of strengthening claims-based interpretations and uses of local and large-scale science assessment scores at the 2017 NCME...
edCount Successfully Supports Georgia in Alignment Evaluation and Peer Review
edCount recently completed a comprehensive alignment evaluation of the Georgia Milestones Assessment System in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social...
edCount Joins Alpine Testing Solutions in Independent Verification of the Psychometric Validity of Florida’s Assessment
On June 23, 2015, Alpine Testing Solutions announced its partnership with edCount to conduct an independent verification of the validity of the Florida Standards...