
Score Reporting Isn’t Enough: What Comes Next Matters
Test score data could be more useful if we built a constellation of supports and resources that helped users see their next steps.
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Test score data could be more useful if we built a constellation of supports and resources that helped users see their next steps.
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Read MoreDr. 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 […]
Read MoreDr. 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 […]
Read MoreCenter 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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