
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.
Read MoreAfter Georgia pulled out of a federal assessment pilot, the state’s testing chief reflects on the policy changes necessary to support real test improvement.
Read MoreAdvancing educational assessment, like through-year assessment programs, can be supported by changes to the RFP process.
Read MoreHow long is the test development timeline – that is, how long does it take to develop and deploy a large-scale assessment?…
Read MoreThere is a tendency to cut corners in the test development process but these shortcuts can be risky.
Read MoreMeasuring post-COVID student learning recovery with large-scale assessment draws focus on how we make sense of test scores.
Read MoreAssessment program development requires a process that begins with a strong first step including discovery, design, and dissemination.
Read MoreAssessment results in 2022 can tell us a lot about where learning stands, but only if presented correctly for accurate comparisons.
Read MoreDrawing on the Center’s recent colloquium, we explain why effective communication can minimize the challenges of validity conversations.
Read MoreLearnings from our Colloquium: effective communication about educational assessment and accountability in a time of confusion and mistrust.
Read MoreIt’s critical that educators use the right educational assessment tools to understand and overcome challenges related to COVID recovery.
Read MoreWhat I Learned About Creating Effective Test Score Reports From the Great Ron Hambleton Sadly, one of the giants in the field of educational measurement has recently passed away – Dr.
Read MoreConsidering Options Between Curriculum-Specific and Curriculum-Agnostic State Assessment State summative assessments are intentionally designed to be curriculum-agnostic.
Read MorePractical Challenges to the Use of Through-Year Assessment for Accountability The interest in using through-year assessment systems in place of traditional end-of-year state summative assessments has …
Read MoreNow is the Time to Begin Preparing for the Reporting of Spring 2022 Assessment Results The question about the pandemic impact has largely been answered – it’s bad (e.g., Betebenner et al.
Read MoreIssues 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 one of them.
Read MoreGuidelines for Getting the Most out of Interactions with Your Technical Advisory Committee What kind of advisor is right for you? Advisors come in all different shapes and sizes and may not even have …
Read MoreA 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 “…
Read MoreReflecting on the Enduring Lessons From COVID-19 A year ago the pandemic changed everything, including the way we think about educational assessment.
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