Accountability Systems Must Offer More Than School Grades
School accountability systems encompass more than what is reflected in school grading systems, which can skew how school quality is seen.
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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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Let’s Not Repeat the Past Mistakes in K-12 Reading Instruction and Assessment
There is a science behind reading instruction that must be followed to ensure reading comprehension goes beyond just the foundational skills.
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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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Can We Reduce Testing Time?
Issues and Considerations Regarding Time Spent on Testing It’s rare to find an issue that nearly everyone agrees with, but I think that the desire to reduce testing time is […]
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Accountability Doesn’t Need to Be Restarted. It Needs to Be Revised!
Making the Case for a New Approach to Federal School Accountability The U.S. Department of Education followed an all too familiar pattern of publishing important guidance just before the Christmas […]
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Supporting the Improvement of Educators’ Assessment Literacy
Developing Needs-Based Sociocultural Approaches to Professional Development and Assessment Literacy This post is a summary of the main ideas from a symposium focused on educators’ assessment literacy presented at the […]
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Break the Glass and Pull the Alarm! The Signal From Spring 2021 State Testing Is Clear
A Call to Policymakers to Support Multi-Year Acceleration Efforts I and many others were concerned that the uncertainty with interpreting Spring 2021 state summative test scores because of all the […]
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Following Their Lead: Conversations About Innovative Assessment
Discussions with State Leaders Approved to Implement Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority Pilots Five states have been approved to implement innovative assessment pilots as part of the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) under […]
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It’s Déjà vu All Over Again: Revisiting Assessment Recommendations With an Eye on Learning Acceleration
A Need to Support Learning Acceleration in School Year 2021-2022 I was asked recently if the Center was producing assessment recommendations for back-to-school this fall. My first reaction was, “wait, […]
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Implementing an Innovative State Assessment System While We’re Still Building It
Houston, I Think We Might Have a Problem One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and yet expecting different results. Recently, I have been […]
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Accountability as a Roadblock to Assessment Reform
Advocating for Changes to Federal Accountability Requirements to Enable Innovative Assessment Many of us at the Center for Assessment have led assessment reform for decades, including such noteworthy programs as […]
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Reflections From a Decade of Fall Testing
Compelling Reasons to Think Twice Before Moving 2021 Spring State Testing to the Fall When spring state testing was abruptly canceled last year, one of the first options considered briefly […]
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One-Sided “Advice” on Remote Test Administration Isn’t Fair to States
Acknowledging the Lack of Evidence that Remote Test Administration Can Measure Up to In-Person Testing A recent article in Forbes Magazine by Jim Cowen painted an irresponsibly rosy picture of remote test […]
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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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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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