Oh, What a Year!
Looking Back so We Can Look Forward: Assessment and Accountability Challenges During a Pandemic Most people want to close the door on 2020 as quickly as possible. This year was […]
Read MoreLooking Back so We Can Look Forward: Assessment and Accountability Challenges During a Pandemic Most people want to close the door on 2020 as quickly as possible. This year was […]
Read MorePart 4: How School Leaders Can Use SEL Data to Support Student and Staff Wellbeing During a Global Pandemic This is the final post in a four-part series on social […]
Read MorePart 3: How Districts Can Use Assessment to Support Social and Emotional Learning This is the third in a four-part series on social and emotional learning (SEL) assessment by Center […]
Read MorePart 2: What States Can Do to Support Balanced SEL Assessment Systems This is the second in a four-part series on social and emotional learning (SEL) assessment by Center associate […]
Read MorePart 1: Making the Case for Social and Emotional Learning Assessment This is the first in a four-part series on social and emotional learning (SEL) assessment by Center associate Chris […]
Read MorePart 2: Mode or Accommodation? A Framework for Thinking about How Remote Administration Impacts Test Score Meaning This is the second in a series of three posts on planning for […]
Read MorePart 1: Why Validity is Threatened under Remote Administration Conditions This is the first in a series of three posts on planning for the examination of the validity of scores […]
Read MoreCollecting Data on Student Experiences to Understand Student Learning in Light of COVID-19 As the school year gets underway, one question on everyone’s mind is: What impact will all of […]
Read MoreThe Role of Values in Addressing Fairness in Educational Testing Purpose, Use, and Consequences What is fairness in educational testing? We take for granted that we know what is fair […]
Read MoreCharting a Course in Uncertain Times: Voices From RILS 2020 To some extent, trying to address the many challenges that the pandemic presents for K-12 education has been like steering […]
Read MoreThis is the fourth in a series of posts by our 2020 summer interns and their mentors based on their project and the assessment and accountability issues they addressed this summer. Maura O’Riordan, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, worked with Chris Domaleski to develop guidance to help states better understand the impact of assessment accommodations on the meaning and interpretation of test scores.
Read MoreEvaluating Grade 8 Student Achievement Outcomes for the NH PACE Program, an Innovative Assessment System This is the third in a series of posts by our 2020 summer interns and their mentors […]
Read MoreWhat’s the Same and What’s Different about Classroom Assessment in 2020-2021? Those responsible for summative classroom assessment in 2020-2021 face a number of daunting challenges, not the least of which […]
Read MoreWhat’s the Same and What’s Different about Classroom Assessment in 2020-2021? As school restarts this fall, many teachers and students are facing different learning environments than the typical back-to-school realities […]
Read MoreWhen Mary Ann Snider and I wrote in late April, “We can seize this opportunity to create assessment experiences that require students to think deeply and to demonstrate that deep thinking,” we […]
Read MoreIn 2018, the Center was honored to be invited by the National Academy of Education to contribute two chapters to the book Comparability of Large-Scale Educational Assessments, which was released […]
Read MorePart 2: A New Framework for Organizing and Evaluating Claims This is the second in a series of posts by our 2020 summer interns and their mentors based on their project and […]
Read MoreMany changes are being considered for schools in 2020-2021 and beyond in the era of COVID-19 and disruptions to schooling. Some of these include later school-year starts, blended instructional models […]
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