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Christopher Brandt, Ph.D. Nathan Dadey, Ph.D.  \nCarla Evans, Ph.D.  \nNational Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment  \nDover, New Hampshire  \nThe National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc. (the Center for Assessment) is a New Hampshire based not-for-profit (501(c)(3)) corporation. Founded in September 1998, the Center’s mission is to improve student learning by partnering with educational leaders to advance effective practices and policies in support of  \nhigh-quality assessment and accountability systems. The Center for Assessment does this by providing services directly to states, school districts, and partner organizations to support state and district assessment and accountability systems.  \nThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY) . To view a copy of this license, visit [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .  \nAcknowledgments:  \nWe acknowledge the support and feedback from Juan D’Brot and Scott Marion at the Center for Assessment, whose ideas and suggestions improved this paper. Thanks also to Catherine Gewertz, whose edits improved the clarity of our work.  \nBrandt, W.C., Dadey, N., and Evans, C. (2024) . Evaluating innovative state assessment programs: A framework for state education agencies. National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment.  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nINTRODUCTION...................................................... 3  \nTHE NEED FOR A ROBUST DESIGN AND EVALUATION APPROACH ...................................... 3  \nEVALUATION AS A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ........................ 4  \nA FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGNING AND EVALUATING INNOVATIVE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS ............................................................. 7  \nPROGRAM PLANNING PHASE ............................... 8  \n• Identify the Problem(s) to Solve.................... 10  \n• Create the Assessment Program Vision................................................ 10  \n• Clarify the Goals of the Innovative Assessment Program ..................................... 10  \n• Create a Theory of Action .............................. 10  \n• Develop the Assessment Program Design and Implementation Plan ................. 11  \n• Integrate Related Federal and/or State Program Goals into the Evaluation............... 12  \nEVALUATION DESIGN AND  \nIMPLEMENTATION PHASES ................................. 12  \n• Develop the Formative Evaluation Approach ...................................... 14  \n• Develop the Summative Evaluation Approach ...................................... 18  \nCONCLUSION........................................................ 26  \nREFERENCES.......................................................... 27  \nAPPENDIX A: AN OVERVIEW OF PROGRAM EVALUATION PHASES........................................... 28  \nAPPENDIX B: EXAMPLE THEORIES OF ACTION FOR INNOVATIVE STATE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS ........................................................... 30  \n• New Hampshire Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) ................ 30  \n• Montana Alternative Student Testing (MAST) ................................................ 31  \n• Louisiana Innovative Assessment Program (IAP) ................................................. 32  \n• North Carolina Personalized Assessment Tool (NCPAT) ................................................... 34  \nPAGE 2  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThe past several years have produced a surge in interest in improving state assessment programs. More than a dozen states are in various stages of rolling out new innovative state assessment programs statewide (Dadey & Gong, 2023; Education First, 2023) . 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