Watch Your Language!
Clear communication is a requirement of effective assessment design and use, but outside factors can often muddy the waters and cause confusion.
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The SOAR Scholars Take Flight
The Strengthening Opportunities in Assessment and Research program enables SOAR scholars to pursue careers in measurement and psychometrics.
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Assessment and Accountability to Monitor and Support Learning Recovery
The 2022 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series will focus on learning recovery post-COVID and the role of assessment and accountability.
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Zero Tolerance for Zeroes
It’s Time to Stop Pretending We Have a “100-Point” Grading Scale Grading and grading scales are one of the most ubiquitous aspects of schooling, but it is also one of the most controversial and …
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If I Ruled the World…
Three Suggestions for State Department Leaders to Increase Formative Assessment Practices in Classrooms “If I ruled the world, I would mandate greater use of formative assessment practices in every …
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Just Give Us a Little
Please Make One Small Change in Federal Testing Law to Yield Big Improvements State standardized tests are criticized for a number of key reasons, including the dearth of historically marginalized ind…
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Is there a Recipe for Balanced Assessment Systems?
Are Interim Assessments a Required Ingredient? Let’s talk about recipes.
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Classroom Assessment Learning Modules 2.0
Educational Assessment 101 for K-12 Teachers Today we have exciting news to share: An expansive and free set of 23 professional Classroom Assessment Learning Modules for teachers is now available! At …
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Can a State Test Inform Instruction?
The Typical, the Improbable, and the Possibilities in the Messy Middle When I’m participating in meetings with state leaders, district and school educators, parents, or other stakeholders who want t…
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The Rocky Landscape of Validity Arguments
Considering Validity Arguments within the Context of Effective Communication Educational stakeholders are often skeptical that the information local and state assessment systems produce is trustworthy…
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Boosting the Signal Through the Noise
Lessons Learned about Effective Communication from the 2022 Brian Gong Colloquium In a time of elevated confusion and mistrust, it’s never been more important to communicate clearly and effectivel…
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Selecting the Right Assessments to Monitor School Recovery from the Pandemic
Assessment Selection is Like Picking the Right Golf Club In a previous post, I (Juan) argued for the importance of a variety of tools in your assessment toolbox to help monitor recovery efforts as we …
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Monitoring COVID Recovery Efforts
Educational Assessments are Simply Tools in Your Toolbox “If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.
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Lead with the Reports
What I Learned About Creating Effective Test Score Reports From the Great Ron Hambleton Sadly, one of the giants in the field of educational measurement has recently passed away – Dr.
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2022 Summer Internships: Improving Educational Assessment and Accountability
After two productive but virtual summers, we are looking forward to working side-by-side with our new group of summer interns to support the future of educational assessment and accountability through…
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Advancing Contemporary Validity Theory and Practice
Based on Remarks Given During a Town Hall Session at the 2022 NCME Conference I was honored to participate in a validity “town hall” at last week’s NCME conference with Suzanne Lane, my co-autho…
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In Search of the “Just Right” Connection Between Curriculum and Assessment
Considering Options Between Curriculum-Specific and Curriculum-Agnostic State Assessment State summative assessments are intentionally designed to be curriculum-agnostic.
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California, Here We Come!
The Center Welcomes the Return of In-Person AERA and NCME Conferences After two years of virtual conferences, meetings, and just about everything else, Center professionals are excited to gather in Sa…
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