Evolving Expectations for Fairness in Testing
Comparing the two most recent versions of The Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing shows the field’s changing conceptions of fairness.
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Generative AI and Cara’s Other Favorite Accessibility Things
Oprah has her list. We have ours. Check out the accessibility tools and innovations that Cara Laitusis loves.
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What Is Fair? Equity in Education
Equity is under attack. But equity is not a threat—it is fairness in action. It ensures that every student gets the support they need to succeed in school.
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Culturally Responsive Assessment: From Classrooms to Large-Scale Settings
A new volume explores what we’ve learned about culturally responsive assessment and how we can build on it to serve students better.
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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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Test Security: Expanding Our Ideas to Support Score Integrity
Test security has typically focused on preventing, detecting and acting on irregularities. But it should also support fairness and equity.
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The Importance of Guiding Principles in Education
Education systems like accountability and assessment are complex, so it’s essential to create a set of principles that serve as a north star in their design.
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A New Framework for Universal Design of Assessment Systems
Existing frameworks for universal design aren’t quite right for educational assessment, so we teamed up and designed a new one.
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Designing Inclusive K-12 Assessments
“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” That’s particularly true when it comes to building assessments that are inclusive of students with disabilities.
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Promoting Equity Through Accountability System Design
States can use accountability system design as a lever for equity in student outcomes and opportunities, but 5 common barriers get in the way.
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Mobility Matters When Designing More Equitable School Accountability Systems
Hear from a Center intern on his work studying performance mobility in contemporary school accountability systems.
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The SOAR Scholars Take Flight
The Strengthening Opportunities in Assessment and Research program enables SOAR scholars to pursue careers in measurement and psychometrics.
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Culturally Sensitive, Relevant, Responsive, and Sustaining Assessment
How should culture affect the ways we think about teaching, learning, and assessment?
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A Culturally Responsive Classroom Assessment Framework
Guidance for the design and evaluation of classroom formative and summative assessments.
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Ensuring Assessment Systems Meet the Needs of Students with Disabilities
Designing an Assessment Solution that Fits for All Students is Different than Fitting All Students into an Assessment Solution In 2019-2020, the requirement to administer state summative assessments was waived […]
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Considering Coherence in the Collection and Use of Opportunity-to-Learn Data
Ensuring Equitable Learning Opportunities for all Students Requires Coordination Across the Education System This is the second post by one of our 2021 summer interns based on their project and the assessment […]
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A Social Justice Critical Framing for Opportunity-to-Learn Indicator Use
Making the Meaning of Opportunity More Socioculturally Sustainable, Inclusive, and Action-Oriented This is the first post by one of our 2021 summer interns based on their project and the assessment and accountability […]
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Shared Responsibility for Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education
A call for systemic change in standards, curriculum, instruction, and assessment that can mitigate hatred and discrimination.
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