What Use Is Educational Assessment?

From  The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science May 2019 Table of Contents

Introduction
What Use Is Educational Assessment? by Amy I. Berman, Michael J. Feuer, and James W. Pellegrino
The History of Assessments in American Education
History of Testing in the United States: PK–12 Education by Maris A. Vinovskis
History of Testing in the United States: Higher Education by Michael T. Nettles
Assessments for System Monitoring
Assessment for Monitoring of Education Systems: The U.S. Example by Erin M. Fahle, Benjamin R. Shear, and Kenneth A. Shores
Assessment for Monitoring of Education Systems: International Comparisons by Henry I. Braun and Judith D. Singer
Assessments for System Accountability
Testing, Accountability, and School Improvement by Susanna Loeb and Erika Byun
Testing, Accountability, and the American Economy by Eric A. Hanushek
Assessments for Selection and Placement
Assessment in American Higher Education: The Role of Admissions Tests by Rebecca Zwick
Assessment for Special Education: Diagnosis and Placement by Jennifer R. Frey
Toward the Future: Theories of Knowing and Implications for Assessment
Advances in Measurement and Cognition by Robert J. Mislevy
Classroom Assessment to Support Teaching and Learning by Lorrie A. Shepard
Assessment to Promote Equity and Epistemic Justice: A Use-Case of a Research-Practice Partnership in Science Education by William R. Penuel and Douglas A. Watkins
Assessment of Complex Performances in Digital Environments by John T. Behrens, Kristen E. DiCerbo, and Peter W. Foltz
Assessing Complex Patterns of Student Resources and Behavior in the Large Scale by Knut Neumann, Horst Schecker, and Heike Theyßen
Policy Forum
Forum: Do Policy-Makers Use Educational Assessment?