Michelle Boyer was a senior associate at the Center for Assessment from 2019 to 2021.
Data from the Spring 2021 Summative Assessments Enhances Our Understanding of the Impact of the Pandemic As we approach 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence regarding the academic impact […]
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Finding a Path Forward Following 2021 Test Scores Using Existing Tools and Procedures To answer the question of what 2021 test scores will mean, I start by acknowledging that the […]
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Part 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 […]
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The 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 […]
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We cannot know what classrooms and teaching will look like in the coming school year, but that doesn’t need to prevent states from planning ahead for accurately equating spring 2021 […]
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Center Staff and Interns Will Address Pressing Issues in Educational Assessment and Accountability Although so much about the future seems uncertain, we are excited this month to bring a little […]
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Arguments Against Administering the Spring 2020 Summative State Assessments When Students Go Back to School All states closed their schools in March and suspended or canceled annual state assessments. While […]
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Implications of School Closures on Assessment Needs According to Education Week, “as of March 23, 2020, 7:31 p.m. ET: 46 states have decided to close schools. Combined with district closures in other […]
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Rater Monitoring with Inter-Rater Reliability may Not be Enough for Next-Generation Assessments Testing experts know a lot about how to conduct scoring of students’ written responses to assessment items. Raters […]
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Understanding How Machine Scoring Can Be Used Now, and What We Need to Do to Expand Its Usefulness for the Future Without a doubt, the public is skeptical about using […]
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Using Advances in Technology to Improve the Quality of Educational Assessment Earlier this month, the Center for Assessment held its 15th annual colloquium, the first named in honor of Center […]
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