Article Submissions

Articles for Research & Practice in Assessment should be research-based and include concrete examples of practice and results in student learning outcomes assessment or other education assessments. The readers of Research & Practice in Assessment are associated with myriad institutional types and have an understanding of basic student learning and assessment practices. Articles for publication will be selected based on their degree of relevance to the journal’s mission, compliance with submission criteria, quality of research methods and procedures, and logic of research findings and conclusions. Approximately fifty percent of submissions are accepted for publication.

• Style: Submissions should be formatted in the 6th edition of APA.
• Format: Manuscripts should be submitted electronically. The standard manuscript form has 1 inch margins on all sides located in 12 point New Times Roman font.
• Blind Review: Identification information should be limited to the title page. Do not include self references within the manuscript, electronic file, or references (i.e. "in press").
• Length: articles should be 8-16 typed, double spaced pages (2,000-4,000 words).
• Abstract: An abstract of 150 words or less should be included.
• Copyright: Reviews shall not have been registered for copyright or published elsewhere prior to publication in Research & Practice in Assessment.
• Double Submission: Articles currently under review elsewhere shall not be considered for publication in Research & Practice in Assessment.
• Deadlines: Submission deadlines for summer and winter issues are April 1 and September 1, respectively. The summer issue is published in July and the winter in December. Articles may be sent to rpaeditor@virginiaassessment.org and must be a Microsoft Word attachment.