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
Standards, Assessment and Accountability
English Learners (ELs)
Students with Disabilities
Services Areas
Policy Analysis & Technical Assistance
Validity Evaluation & Technical Documentation
Test Design and Development
Educator Supports
Project Management
News
edCount Conducted Workshop on Applications of an Alignment Evaluation Framework at the Annual Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA) Conference on October 18-20, 2017
Based on Dr. Ellen Forte’s publications on the topic of alignment evaluation (e.g., 2013, 2017), this workshop provided participants with solid...
Enhanced Assessment Grant (EAG) Award for Strengthening Claims-based Interpretations and Uses of Local and Large-scale Science Assessment Scores (SCILLSS) Project
edCount is collaborating with lead state, Nebraska, and two other states (Montana, and Wyoming) and three partner organizations (ACS Ventures, SRI...
edCount Presented Information on SCILLSS Project at the National Council for Measurement in Education (NCME) Special Conference on September 14, 2017
edCount led a panel discussion on the topic of strengthening claims-based interpretations and uses of local and large-scale science assessment...
Recent Client Success
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