Assessment

Specialized assessment development from blueprint through final delivery.

Turning Leaf provides experienced editorial teams for K–12 assessment development, including blueprints, original and public-domain passages, items, standards alignment, customization, review, and revision. We adapt to each client’s specifications, workflows, platforms, and timelines.

Nearly 20 years of K–12 assessment experience.

Large-Scale Summative

Consortia: PARCC and SBAC

State-Specific: Pennsylvania, Idaho, Michigan,
and Alaska

District Diagnostic & Interim

District diagnostic and interim ELA assessments, including Los Angeles,
Palm Beach, and Miami

Curriculum- & Standards-Based

Hundreds of curriculum- and standards-based diagnostic, formative, and summative ELA assessments for K–12 educational publishers

Explore the development process.

Select a stage to see the expertise behind it.

Establish the framework for development.

We develop and work from detailed assessment blueprints and specifications that define standards coverage, content requirements, item distribution, and other project parameters.
Diagnostic

Content designed to identify student strengths and areas of need.

Formative

Content designed to support ongoing instruction and measure progress.

Summative

Content designed to measure learning after a defined period of instruction.

Curriculum-Based

Content designed to measure student baselines, formative progress, and summative progress in reference to instructional programs and curriculum requirements.

Large-Scale Assessment

Content designed to measure standards in large-scale, criterion-referenced assessment programs.

State Customization

Existing content that requires revisions to align more closely with state-specific standards, format, style, and other parameters.

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