Oh, What a Year!
Looking Back so We Can Look Forward: Assessment and Accountability Challenges During a Pandemic Most people want to close the door on 2020 as quickly as possible. This year was […]
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Reflections from RILS 2020
Charting a Course in Uncertain Times: Voices From RILS 2020 To some extent, trying to address the many challenges that the pandemic presents for K-12 education has been like steering […]
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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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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,” we […]
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What Should We Do Next Year?
The Center’s Executive Director Scott Marion was asked recently to offer a short response to the question,“How can parents and policymakers know whether schools are making up for lost learning […]
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Key Takeaways for Assessment in 2020-2021
Since mid-March, Center for Assessment associates and highly-respected guest authors have written multiple CenterLine posts and other papers addressing key aspects of assessment and accountability. We have been wrestling with […]
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Rethinking School Accountability for the 2020-2021 School Year
State and district leaders are working hard to prepare for in-person schooling in 2020-2021 while also planning for hybrid models or, at worst, full remote learning should certain locales become […]
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How Should We Assess Students in Fall 2020?
Formative Assessment Wins Again In recent weeks, we have been pleased to feature several CenterLine posts by Center associates and guest authors addressing how states, districts, and schools should consider […]
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Start Now for a Coherent Assessment System in the Fall
Game-Based Assessment Can be Fun for Students: Can We Make Its Use More Informative for Teachers? In recent weeks, CenterLine has featured several posts by Center associates and guest authors […]
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We Are Part of the Problem
An Argument for a Renewed Commitment to Anti-Racism in Educational Assessment and Accountability Over the past few weeks, the country has grappled with how to confront systemic racism and create […]
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Contextualizing COVID-19 “Learning Loss” and “Learning Recovery”
Education Reform has Always Been About Recovering Losses in Learning In a late April survey by EdWeek, 320 district administrators were asked to indicate the most urgent needs that assessment vendors […]
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You Say Tomato: Concerns About the Diagnostic Assessment Rhetoric
Educators Need Clear Descriptions of the Intended Uses and Interpretations of Educational Assessments Educational assessment has a naming problem and the latest example of it is the current rhetoric regarding […]
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Summative State Assessments Can Wait!
Arguments Against Administering the Spring 2020 Summative State Assessments When Students Go Back to School All states closed their schools in March and suspended or canceled annual state assessments. While […]
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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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Dealing with Fallout from COVID-19 School Disruptions
What to do Next in Assessment and Accountability? In late winter-early spring 2020, COVID-19 school disruptions became mainstream across the U.S. States and communities implemented policies for “social distancing,” resulting […]
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The Outlook for ESSA School Accountability After COVID-19
A Return to the Status Quo is Unlikely and That’s Just Fine For those hoping for minimal disruption to ESSA school accountability, I have bad news and more bad news. […]
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The Next Generation of State Assessment and Accountability
Part 3: Changes to the Current Accountability Model That May Fundamentally Reshape Educational Assessment and Accountability This is the final installment in a three-part series on the future of large-scale […]
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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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