Preserving the Human Connection in the Age of GenAI in Schools
Generative AI cannot replace the relationships among adults and children that are crucial for healthy development and learning.
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Statewide Assessments Are Critical for Informed Public School Choice
As public school choice expands, state tests play an increasingly important role: providing a common benchmark to help families evaluate their options.
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Navigating Formative Assessment in Mathematics: Lessons from Rincon Valley Union School District
A recent project to build professional learning communities that support teachers in formative assessment shows the importance of flexible leadership.
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Zero-based Assessment System Design
How an idea from budget management can help school districts break the logjams they face when they try to get rid of unnecessary tests.
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The Secret to Making Policy Stick: Getting the Advice You Need
Policies don’t implement themselves. Three key advisory groups can help states move from concept to classroom.
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The Challenges of Assessing 21st Century Competencies
A new report from the Center explores the challenges of assessing 21st century competencies and offers practical advice.
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Subtraction in Assessment and Accountability (Re)Design
Resisting our urge to add design layers to assessment and accountability systems—and subtracting instead—can produce better solutions.
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Assessment Score Reports Must Get Better!
Two relatively easy changes in states’ assessment score reports can go a long way toward helping users understand the results.
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Equity and the Accessibility Game Plan
Key strategies from the world of accessibility offer helpful guidance in advancing equity in educational testing in K12 schools.
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Right-Sizing ESSA Accountability
States can create an accountability mix that right-sizes federal requirements and their own priorities, by blending or separating the two.
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How Do State Leaders Want to Change the Every Student Succeeds Act?
ESSA is widely criticized, but our new survey shows that most assessment and accountability leaders favor few changes.
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Assessment Consequences Matter: A Look Back at RILS 2024
Our annual conference asked an important question: How do we minimize the unintended negative consequences of assessment for individuals and systems?
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Redistributing Responsibility for Teachers’ Assessment Literacy
Understanding assessment and using it well should be the responsibility of the entire school community, not just its teachers.
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Is Your Accountability System Working the Way It Should?
Few states evaluate their systems to see if they’re working well. We examined one state’s consistency in identifying the right schools for support.
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Bringing a Fresh Perspective to Assessment Purpose
Two California school districts conducted reviews of their required assessments. In the second of a two-part series, we share what they learned.
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Eliminating Unnecessary District-Required Assessments
Two California school districts conducted reviews of their required assessments. In the first of a two-part series, we share what they learned.
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Let’s Take Stock of High-Stakes Testing
A debate has roiled for decades about using educational assessments for consequential decisions. We’ll dive into that debate at RILS 2024.
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Stop Trying to Use Commercial Interim Tests for Instructional Purposes
The concept of “strategic abandonment” sheds light on the appropriate uses of commercial interim assessments. Instructional utility isn’t one of them.
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