National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (NCIEA)

The Center for Assessment accomplishes its mission by providing services directly to states in conjunction with states' large-scale Assessment and accountability programs. The Center also works with organizations that work directly with states, or whose work impacts states. The Center also seeks to develop and disseminate broadly policies and practices that will improve Educational Assessment and accountability. The Center pursues The dissemination of best practices through our annual conference; through extensive work with states' technical advisory committees; through work with organizations that do similar research, development, and dissemination; and through numerous publications and presentations at professional conferences.