Keeping up the PACE
Evaluating 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 […]
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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. Some of these include later school-year starts, blended instructional models […]
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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, […]
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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 about how to support deeper […]
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How Can We Continue Monitoring Student Performance When We’re Losing Large-Scale Assessment Data?
Focusing on Assessment Purposes and Uses to Identify Potential Sources of Instructional Information As seen by our growing list of recent CenterLine posts, professionals at the Center for Assessment are […]
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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 country as […]
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Do Interim Assessments Have A Role in Balanced Systems of Assessment?
Evaluating Interim Assessments Against the Criteria for Balanced Assessment Systems Interim assessments may have a role in balanced assessment systems, but that role is not conferred by title. It is […]
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Five Essential Features of Assessment for Learning
A Look at Fulfilling Hopes for Innovative Assessments and Instructional Utility It may sound innovative to claim that commercial interim assessments support instruction, but simply saying it doesn’t make it […]
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How to Plan for a Balanced Assessment System While Keeping Curriculum in Mind
An Approach to Promote Coherence by Connecting Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction to Student Learning State and district leaders are increasingly interested in implementing balanced systems of assessment, in large part […]
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A Tricky Balance
The Challenges and Opportunities of Balanced Systems of Assessment The seminal publication, Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment (NRC, 2001), crystalized the call for balanced systems of […]
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