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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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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Finding the Right Mix
Adapting Toolkits to Support Assessment System Audits Many local and state education agencies strive to develop assessment systems that can be considered “balanced” along a variety of design dimen…
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All I Wanted for Christmas Was a Through Year Assessment System that Promotes Deeper Learning
A Focus on Creativity In my recent post, I promised to reveal the type of through year assessment design I’d like to see.
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Collaboratively Learning About Through Year Assessments
It Will Take a Village to Fulfill the Opportunities of Through Year Assessment Systems “Through year” or “through course” assessment systems are rapidly proliferating as an alternative to the …
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Using Assessment to Support Learning Acceleration: It Takes a System!
A First-Hand Account of Responding to Student Needs With Learning Acceleration The Oklahoma State Department of Education’s (OSDE) highest priority is keeping students and staff safe so that we can …
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Trying to Serve Multiple Uses with Through Year Assessments
Assumptions, Claims, and the Evidence Needed to Support Them Assumptions lead to claims about the types of inferences and uses that an assessment system is intended to support.
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Enhancing the Impact of Performance Assessments on Instruction
A Research-Based Framework Monitoring the Use of Performance Assessments to Promote Positive Instructional Change This is the fourth post by one of our 2021 summer interns based on their pro…
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Putting Design First in Assessment System Design: Introducing the 2021 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series
Design Innovation in Educational Assessment Systems Held each fall since 1999, the Reidy Interactive Lecture Series (RILS) provides a unique opportunity for a diverse group of participants to step bac…
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Educating Pablo: A Play About Through Course Assessment Systems
Dissecting the Conundrum of Testing Throughout the Year or Once at the End in a Conversation Between Teacher and Student Various states have advanced through course assessment proposals, in which stat…
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It Might Just be a Pile of Bricks!
The Challenges of Creating Balanced Assessment Systems “…a collection of assessments does not entail a system any more than a pile of bricks entails a house.” Coladarci (2002).
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A Principled Approach to Classroom Assessment During Remote Learning
When 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,…
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Transitioning Toward Holistic Assessment Systems
Many changes are being considered for schools in 2020-2021 and beyond in the era of COVID-19 and disruptions to schooling.
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Educational Assessment 2020-21 Is Assessment 101
The Instructional Landscape Is Not What We Were Expecting, But We Know What To Do: Return to Assessment 101 In recent weeks, several CenterLine posts have addressed how states, districts, and schools …
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Fall Educational Assessment Information: What You Need and How to Get It
How Selecting the Appropriate Assessment Can Help Inform Instruction This Fall Schools have dismissed students to enforce social distancing and have implemented remote learning for the rest of the 201…
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Remote Learning Provides an Opportunity to Rethink Assessment (and Learning)
COVID-19 School Closures Provide an Opportunity to Think About and Assess Learning Differently Jal Mehta, author of In Search of Deeper Learning, was recently interviewed by Rick Hess a…
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COVID-19: In Search of Continuity of Student Learning After Extended School Closures
Looking Beyond Large-Scale Assessment for Valuable Information to Support Schools, Teachers, and Students Following School Closures I have been uplifted by the dialogue that is occurring across the co…
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Can Educational Assessment Improve Teaching?
What Would it Take to Design an Assessment System Around a Goal of Improving Teaching Quality and Teachers’ Knowledge and Skills? How would I design an assessment or assessment system if my goal was…
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