Three Common Misconceptions About State Assessments
Experts shed light on key aspects of state testing: comparability, proficiency, and instructional utility.
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Can We Reduce Testing in K-12 Schools?
State testing has long been criticized for many reasons. We undertook a study to examine what tradeoffs might be necessary to reduce the footprint of state testing. Here’s a preview of our early findings.
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Consider Backward Assessment Design
If an assessment is meant to help teachers get insight into student learning and adjust their instruction, test designers must start with the end in mind.
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Building Innovative Assessments in an Era of Accountability
After Georgia pulled out of a federal assessment pilot, the state’s testing chief reflects on the policy changes necessary to support real test improvement.
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Ready or Not: AI Is Changing Assessment and Accountability
Advances in artificial intelligence are transforming assessment and accountability. We explore the risks and opportunities of AI in 10 areas of K-12 work.
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Through-Year Assessment: A Radical Renegotiation of the School Accountability Contract
Many states are considering replacing their year-end tests with through-year assessments. But this change would impact states’ implicit accountability contracts with schools.
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Through-Year Assessment: Are We Asking Too Much?
The Center’s latest paper provides sound advice for the states exploring through-year assessment right now, cautioning that this approach comes with serious challenges and tradeoffs.
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How We Talk About Results of Assessment and Accountability Systems
States can use reporting from annual assessment and accountability systems as flashlights, not hammers. But to do that, they need to start planning. Now.
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Slow the Flow of Your RFPs
Advancing educational assessment, like through-year assessment programs, can be supported by changes to the RFP process.
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Using Formative and Large-Scale Assessment as Part of a Comprehensive Recovery System
It’s time to focus on the role of formative and large-scale assessment in student learning recovery efforts.
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Part 2: Measure Twice, Cut Once When Developing Large-Scale Assessments
How long is the test development timeline – that is, how long does it take to develop and deploy a large-scale assessment?
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Part 1: Measure Twice, Cut Once When Developing Large-Scale Assessments
There is a tendency to cut corners in the test development process but these shortcuts can be risky.
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Can We Stop Obsessing About the Effects of Remote Instruction on Student Learning?
Let’s start talking about student learning recovery and stop focusing on the impact of remote instruction during the pandemic.
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Large-Scale Assessment and Learning to Love Uncertainty
Measuring post-COVID student learning recovery with large-scale assessment draws focus on how we make sense of test scores.
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Understanding Pandemic Impact and Addressing Recovery
Our 2022 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series focused on how we can better address the pandemic impact on student learning.
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Start Strong When Developing or Revising a Large-Scale Assessment Program
Assessment program development requires a process that begins with a strong first step including discovery, design, and dissemination.
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Recovery, Stabilization, or Continued Decline as We Emerge from the Pandemic
Assessment results in 2022 can tell us a lot about where learning stands, but only if presented correctly for accurate comparisons.
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Just Give Us a Little
One small change in Federal testing law could lead to significant improvements in state tests and the perception of state testing.
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