NCSC News Blog
The latest updates from the NCSC Project
New! NCSC Resource for Planning and Providing Standards-Based Instruction
This new resource from NCSC Partners at the University of North Carolina Charlotte provides an overview of the many resources available from NCSC to plan and provide standards-based instruction for … more
Licenses for Use of NCSC System and Content Now Available for States
As part of the NCSC transition post-grant, edCount Management, LLC, has been authorized to act as the agent to protect the Intellectual Property (IP) of the grant project and to respond to inquiries … more
NCSC Project Transition to the Multi-State Alternate Assessment States
The federally funded NCSC project will come to an end in the fall of 2016. Project partners are supporting the transition of all resources to the Multi-State Alternate Assessment (MSAA/NCSC) states, … more
National Testing Consortium (NCSC) to Release Enhanced Assessment Technology System as Open-source Software
(Minneapolis, June 8, 2015)— This summer, the National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) multi-state educational testing consortium will release its new Assessment System as open-source … more
NCSC Solution Architecture Posted
We have posted the NCSC Solution Architecture on the Resources page. This document describes the NCSC Assessment System architecture used to support the spring 2015 administration. This … more
Workstation and Bandwidth Technology Requirements for Spring 2015 Administration
The National Center and State Collaborative has issued the following document regarding the technology requirements for Spring 2015 test administration.
Workstation and Bandwidth Technology … more
NCSC Project Featured on Ed Week Webinar November 21, 2014
Ed Week featured the two consortia developing Alternate Assessments based on Alternate Achievement standards, the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Consortium and the National Center and State … more
Overview of the NCSC Open Source Testing Platform (TAO), prepared for the TAO Days Conference
Chris Domaleski with the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (NCIEA) prepared this video address for the TAO Days conference held in Budapest Hungary on September 22, … more
NCSC Curriculum and Instruction Resources Available
The ultimate goal of the NCSC project is to ensure that students with the most significant cognitive disabilities achieve increasingly higher academic outcomes and leave high school ready for … more
NCSC Community of Practice Newsletters
The NCSC Communities of Practice in each state receive periodic newsletters which include information important to our continued and collaborative work efforts. To access these newsletters, … more