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Practice Areas

Providing High-Quality, Research-Based Technical Assistance

OUR SERVICES

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WHO WE ARE

In July 2025, edCount and our partner, NCS Pearson Inc., were awarded a contract to support the Tennessee Department of Education in a five-year project to develop and support the administration of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP).
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Practice Areas

edCount’s practice areas reflect our commitment to improving the quality and accessibility of education for all students, including students with disabilities and English learners. We help our clients strengthen their:

  • standards
  • assessments
  • curricula and instructional resources
  • professional development and training practices, and
  • policies and systems that support them
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Standards, Assessment and Accountability

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English Learners (ELs)

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Students with Disabilities

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Services Areas

Policy Analysis & Technical Assistance
Validity Evaluation & Technical Documentation
Test Design and Development
Educator Supports
Project Management

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Recent Client Success

Alabama

  • Coherence and Alignment among Science Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (CASCIA)
  • Stackable, Instructionally-embedded, Portable Science (SIPS) Assessments

    Alaska

    • Coherence and Alignment among Science Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (CASCIA)
    • Cognitive Labs 
    • General Assessment Alignment Evaluation 
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project 
    • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory 
    • Stackable, Instructionally-embedded, Portable Science (SIPS) Assessments

    Arizona

    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project 

    Arkansas

    • ELPA21 Alignment Evaluation
    • General Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    California

    • Alternate Assessment Science Item Development (with ETS)
    • Item Development
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • Science Extended Standards Development

    Colorado

    • Spanish Academic Language Standards and Assessment (SALSA) Validity Evaluation

    Connecticut

    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    Delaware

    • Alignment Evaluation between Delaware’s Grade Band Extensions and Essential Elements for Dynamic Learning Maps in ELA and Mathematics
    • General and Alternate Assessment Alignment Studies
    • Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory Program
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    District of Columbia

    • ELA, Math, and Science Alignment Evaluation
    • Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory Program
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • Validity Evaluation Studies as part of the National Alternate Assessment Center GSEG

    Florida

    • Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • Validity Evaluation

    Georgia

    • Alternate Assessment Development (with Data Recognition Corporation)
    • Alternate Assessment Standard Setting Facilitation
    • ELA Extended Standards Development
    • General and Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • Technical Documentation Development

    Hawaii

    • Validity Evaluation including Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation

    Idaho

    • Evaluating the Validity of English Language Proficiency Assessments (EVEA) project (EAG Grant)
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
    • Technical Advisory Committee membership

    Illinois

    • Alignment evaluation
    • ELA and Math Assessment Content Development (with Pearson)
    • Professional Development
    • Science Assessment Alignment Evaluation, Peer Review Documentation, and Score Report Interpretation Professional Development (with Pearson)
    • Spanish Academic Language Standards and Assessment (SALSA) Validity Evaluation
    • Technical Advisory Committee membership

    Indiana

    • Assessment Literacy Professional Development
    • Content Development and Support
    • ELA Extended Standards Development
    • English language proficiency assessment alignment Evaluation
    • Evaluating the Validity of English Language Proficiency Assessments (EVEA) project (EAG Grant)
    • IREAD-3 Alignment Evaluation and Cut Score Validation Study
    • General and Alternate Assessment Alignment Studies
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    Iowa

    • ELPA21 Alignment Evaluation

    Louisiana

    • Alternate Assessment Development (with Measurement, Incorporated)
    • ELA Curriculum Development
    • ELA, Math, and Science Extended Standards Development
    • ELPA21 Alignment Evaluation
    • English Language Proficiency Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • General and Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation (with ACS Ventures)
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) Alternate Assessment Project
    • New Orleans Public Schools/Orleans Parish School Board Professional Development
    • Student Interaction Study
    • Technical Advisory Committee Membership
    • Technical Documentation Development

    Maine

    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    Maryland

    • Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory Program
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    Mississippi

    • Alternate Assessment Item and Test Review (with Questar)
    • General Assessment Standard Setting

    Montana

    • Evaluating the Validity of English Language Proficiency Assessments (EVEA) project (EAG Grant)
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
    • Strengthening Claims-based Interpretations and Uses of Local and Large-scale Science Assessment Scores (SCILLSS)
    • Stackable, Instructionally-embedded, Portable Science (SIPS) Assessments
    • Technical Advisory Committee Membership

    Nebraska

    • Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • Coherence and Alignment for Educators and Families (CAEF)
    • Coherence and Alignment among Science Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (CASCIA)
    • ELPA21 Alignment Evaluation
    • Science Classroom Assessment Development
    • Stackable, Instructionally-embedded, Portable Science (SIPS) Assessments

    Nevada

    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    New Jersey

    • Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory Program
    • Science Cognitive Labs
    • Science General Assessment Alignment Evaluation

    New Mexico

    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • Spanish Academic Language Standards and Assessment (SALSA) Validity Evaluation

    New York

    • Actionable Data System Initiative Theory of Action Development, Teacher Interactive Tools, and Resources
    • General Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • General Assessment ELA and Mathematics
    • General Assessment Standard Setting
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • NY Regents Examination Evaluation
    • Stackable, Instructionally-embedded, Portable Science (SIPS) Assessments

    North Carolina

    • Alternate and General Assessments Alignment Evaluation

    Ohio

    • ELPA21 Alignment Evaluation

    Oregon

    • ELPA21 Alignment Evaluation
    • Evaluating the Validity of English Language Proficiency Assessments (EVEA) Project (EAG Grant)
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) Alternate Assessment Project
    • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

    Pennsylvania

    • Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory Program
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    Puerto Rico

    • Accommodations Monitoring Plan
    • Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • Assessment Professional Development
    • Cognitive Labs
    • Communities of Practice
    • Educational Policy Support
    • Federal Peer Review Support
    • Instructional Coaching/Professional Development
    • Instructional Validity Study
    • PLD and Cut Score Evaluation
    • School culture study
    • Spanish Academic Language Standards and Assessment (SALSA) Validity Evaluation
    • Technical Advisory Committee Support
    • Validity Evaluation Studies as part of the National Alternate Assessment Center GSEG
    • Web-based Resource Center

    Rhode Island

    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project

    South Carolina

    • Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) Alternate Assessment Project

    South Dakota

    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) Alternate Assessment Project
    • Science Extended Standards Development
    • Technical Advisory Panel Membership

    Tennessee

    • Alternate Assessment Development (with Questar, ETS, and Pearson)
    • Content Module Development
    • General and Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) Alternate Assessment Project
    • Student Interaction Study
    • Technical Documentation Development

    US Virgin Islands

    • Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation
    • Alternate Assessment Professional Development
    • Federal Peer Review Support
    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) Alternate Assessment Project
    • Student Score Reports
    • Technical Documentation Development
    • Validity Evaluation

    Washington

    • Alternate and General Science Assessment Alignment Evaluation (with ACS Ventures)
    • Evaluating the Validity of English Language Proficiency Assessments (EVEA) project (EAG Grant)
    • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory

    West Virginia

    • Alternate Assessment Alignment Evaluation between Alternate Academic Achievement Standards and Dynamic Learning Maps Essential Elements in ELA, Math, and Science
    • ELPA21 Alignment Evaluation

    Wisconsin

    • Next Generation of Assessments Task Force Member

    Wyoming

    • National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) alternate assessment project
    • Professional Development
    • Strengthening Claims-based Interpretations and Uses of Local and Large-scale Science Assessment Scores (SCILLSS)
    • Stackable, Instructionally-embedded, Portable Science (SIPS) Assessments
    • Technical Advisory Committee membership
    Leadership

    “We are the go-to shop for federal, state, and local educators who want help with a variety of issues, all ultimately relating to the quality of student-teacher interactions. We are assessment geeks who care about instruction. We are policy wonks who care about practice. And we get along with everyone.”

    Ellen Forte, Ph.D.
    edCount CEO & Chief Scientist

    Contact Us

    1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 600 Alexandria, VA 22314

    (202) 895-1502

    business@edCount.com