The Classroom Assessment SIG presents an annual award to the author(s) of a distinguished paper on classroom assessment. All papers presented to a Classroom Assessment SIG session the previous Annual Meeting, including roundtables, are eligible to be considered for the Distinguished Paper Award (DPA) awarded. To , the first author should send two copies as attachments by email. One copy should include the names and contact information for all authors. The second copy should have all identifying information removed from the title page, the document properties, and any headers, footers or running titles. References made to the authors’ names or institutions should be anonymized if they make authorship easily discernable. Papers should be complete and polished for a competitive selection process!
The following criteria will be used to evaluate each submitted paper:
*For theoretical papers, additional consideration will be given to framework and discussion rather than methods and results.
2026 Liying Cheng, Kristy Timmons, Christopher DeLuca, Nathan Rickey, Yiqin Ji, and Taylor Wormington: Assessment for Learning and Self-Regulated Leading in Early Education: A Cross-Cultural Scoping Review
Honorable Mention: Heng Jiang: Classroom assessment informed reflection approach for teacher professional learning: A case from Singapore.
2025 Erin Marie Furtak, Scott Grapin, and Okhee Lee: Science classroom assessment with a focus on equity and justice: Past, Present and Future
2023 Michael Holden, Nathan Rickey, and Christopher DeLuca: Assessment Innovations: Understanding the "Fundamental Driver" of Teachers' Classroom Practice.
2019 Elena C. Papanastasiou and Agni Stylianou-Georgiou: Modelling Test-Taking Metacognition and Achievement.
2018 Donna Price, Jeffrey Smith, and David Berg: Personalized Feedback and Annotated Exemplars in the Writing Classroom: An Experimental Study in Situ.
Honorable Mentions:
2017 Christopher DeLuca, Danielle LaPointe-McEwan, and Ulemu Luhanga: Approaches to Classroom Assessment Inventory: A New Instrument to Support Teacher Assessment Literacy.
Honorable Mention: Maria Aracela Ruiz-Primo, Heidi Kroog, Louise Iverson, Ashley Chrzanowski, Chelsey Shade, Jennifer Silverstein, Xueyu Zhao, and Deanna Iceman Sands: Development, Evolution, and Adaptation of Measures of Formative Assessment Practices: Lessons from the Field.
2016 Yuquin Yang, Jan vanAalst, Carol K. Chan, and Wen Tian: Self-Directed Reflective Assessment in Knowledge Building among Low-Achieving Students.
2015 Lois R. Harris, Gavin T. L. Brown, and Jennifer A. Harnett: Classifying Feedback Using Hattie & Timperley’s Feedback Typology: Examining the Content of New Zealand Students’ Written Peer- and Self-Assessment Comments.
2014 Henry W. Schulz and Beverly A. Fitzpatrick: Formative Assessment as Part of Guided Inquiry to Develop Thinking in Grade 6 Science. 2013 Michael O'Leary, Zita Lysaght, and Larry H. Ludlow: The Development of an Instrument to Measure Teachers' Assessment for Learning Classroom Practices. 2012 Thomas R. Guskey, Gerry M. Swam, and Lee Ann Jung: Parents' and Teachers' Perceptions of Standards-Based and Traditional Report Cards. 2011 Lisa M. Abrams, Angela P. Wetzel, and James H. McMillan: Teachers' Formative Use of Benchmark Testing Data.
2010 Heidi Andrade, Ying Du, and Kristina Mycek: Rubric-Referenced Self-Assessment and Middle School Students' Writing.