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No Escape from Artificial Intelligence in Education
AI is rapidly reshaping knowledge work and professional learning in education. These changes were on full display at this year’s assessment conferences.
Read MoreAI is rapidly reshaping knowledge work and professional learning in education. These changes were on full display at this year’s assessment conferences.
Read MoreStates have a crucial role to play in supporting high-quality teacher learning. These three steps can help them avoid “cruel optimism.”
Read MoreGuidance on defining and assessing analytical thinking, a skill that’s increasingly important to students’ future success.
Read MoreEducation leaders and vendors claim that many assessments are “instructionally useful.” Such claims must be highly specific, and supported by evidence.
Read MoreWhich kinds of tests provide information that helps teachers adjust their instruction? We outline 10 key features of instructionally useful assessments
Read MoreThe concept of “strategic abandonment” sheds light on the appropriate uses of commercial interim assessments. Instructional utility isn’t one of them.
Read MoreShifting from an accountability mindset to reciprocal responsibility could transform the way schools, districts and states work toward improvement.
Read MoreWe’re giving a bunch of interesting presentations at the National Conference on Student Assessment in June. Here’s a rundown of what we’re doing.
Read MoreDo school accountability systems support effective school improvement practices? If not, where is the system breaking down and how can we fix it?
Read MoreAn important new book from the National Academy of Education can support state and district leaders in building balanced assessment systems.
Read MoreOur associates are giving many fascinating presentations at the assessment field’s two big spring conferences, NCME and AERA. Here’s a quick rundown.
Read MoreExisting frameworks for universal design aren’t quite right for educational assessment, so we teamed up and designed a new one.
Read MoreBefore launching a project to build an “innovative” assessment for education, it’s wise to define what you want to move toward—and away from.
Read MoreThe NFL’s use—and misuse—of test scores in the draft highlights a few important lessons we should apply to educational assessments.
Read MoreStates complain that ESSA bars them from getting the accountability systems they really want. We present three examples of systems that show otherwise.
Read MoreThrough-year and other novel test designs face challenges in peer review. Three changes by the U.S. Department of Education could improve the process.
Read MoreLike other 21st century skills, ethical thinking presents substantial challenges to educators who want to define, teach, and assess it.
Read MoreGuidance on defining and assessing creative thinking, a skill that’s increasingly in demand among employers.
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