Carla Evans: New Associate Director of the Center
Carla Evans becomes an associate director of the Center for Assessment on Sept. 18. In this interview, she discusses her plans and priorities.
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Juan D’Brot: New Associate Director of the Center
Juan D’Brot becomes an associate director of the Center for Assessment on Sept. 18. In this interview, he discusses his plans and priorities.
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Our Assessment Systems Should Reflect the Purposes of Public Education
Americans have long recognized the broad mission of public education, but haven’t had good ways to measure our progress toward it.
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Center Board Member Honored by AERA
Dr. Linda Cook is the 2025 recipient of the E. F. Lindquist Award, the American Educational Research Association announced today. After obtaining her doctorate in educational measurement and statistics from […]
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Scott Marion to Assume New Role at the Center for Assessment
Dr. Scott Marion, the executive director of the Center for Assessment, will step down from that post effective September 2025. Scott isn’t leaving the Center, however; he’ll be deepening and […]
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What Makes an Assessment Instructionally Useful?
Center Experts’ Book Sheds Light on Key Issue Many education leaders and vendors claim that a range of standardized assessments can provide information that’s instructionally useful for teachers. Such claims […]
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