
4 Key Questions States Should Ask About College- and Career-Readiness
States must reconsider their content standards, assessments, and testing practices to keep up with two important trends in college- and career-readiness.
Read MoreStates must reconsider their content standards, assessments, and testing practices to keep up with two important trends in college- and career-readiness.
Read MoreThose who promote using performance assessment for accountability may want to stop and consider exactly what they want to argue for.
Read MoreAdvances in artificial intelligence are transforming assessment and accountability. We explore the risks and opportunities of AI in 10 areas of K-12 work.
Read MoreFederal regulations limit states’ innovations in assessment. More substantial innovation can happen only with more flexibility in accountability.
Read MoreMany states are considering replacing their year-end tests with through-year assessments. But this change would impact states’ implicit accountability contracts with schools.
Read MoreStates can better support school improvement by building stronger connections between accountability design and school improvement.
Read MoreStates can use reporting from annual assessment and accountability systems as flashlights, not hammers. But to do that, they need to start planning. Now.
Read MoreDecisions regarding the minimum n-size for accountability indicators can make a big difference in the design and implementation of school accountability systems.
Read MoreSchool accountability systems encompass more than what is reflected in school grading systems, which can skew how school quality is seen.
Read MoreWe explore what a national survey tells us about the pandemic impact on accountability systems and how states can prepare for the future.
Read MoreHear from a Center intern on his work studying performance mobility in contemporary school accountability systems.
Read MoreConsidering the Effects of COVID-19 Disruptions on Identifying Schools for Supports Under ESSA Following a two-year hiatus, states must restart their school accountability systems required under ESSA …
Read MoreOperational Best Practices for Accountability Recently, my colleague Chris Domaleski reminded us of the complexity associated with restarting school accountability in Spring 2022.
Read MoreFour Principles to Guide State Decisions about ESSA Accountability Systems A large part of the work my colleagues and I do at the Center is focused on helping our clients solve hard problems.
Read MoreResponding to Assessment and Accountability Challenges During an Ongoing Pandemic I titled my 2020 year-end CenterLine post, “Oh, What a Year!” with hopes that we were turning the pandemic corner.
Read MorePart 2: Documentation Makes for a Good System. What Makes for a Good System of Documentation? A Vision with Documented Strategy and Tactics Validity is the ultimate goal of any system.
Read MorePart 1: Supporting A Vision with Documented Strategy and Tactics Professionally and personally, we often have projects or tasks where we define desired goals or outcomes, and sometimes even identify t…
Read MoreConsider a Different Way to Put The Pieces Together In a previous post I discussed the challenges of rebuilding accountability systems developed for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in …
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