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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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Washington, June 12, 2024 — The sponsoring organizations of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (the Standards) – the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the National Council […]
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Expansion of Groundbreaking Work Can Guide Implementation of Powerful Systems to Support Student Learning The National Academy of Education (NAEd) today released Reimagining Balanced Assessment Systems, which expands upon our […]
Read MoreHow do attitudes and beliefs about assessment affect teaching and learning in your school? In partnership with ISTE, the Center has created a guide that’s intended to help school and […]
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators and policymakers have scrambled to assess the impact on student learning. Popular metrics that have gained traction are the notions of “years […]
The Center has long advocated that schools and districts undertake thoughtful reviews of the assessments they require, so they create a system of assessments that provides the information they need, […]
Insights from behavioral economics can help us do right by teachers and stop blaming them for struggling to understand assessment data.
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Education systems like accountability and assessment are complex, so it’s essential to create a set of principles that serve as a north star in their design.
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Two California school districts conducted reviews of their required assessments. In the second of a two-part series, we share what they learned.
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