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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The Instructional Landscape Is Not What We Were Expecting, But We Know What To Do: Return to Assessment 101 In recent weeks, several CenterLine posts have addressed how states, districts, […]
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How Educators Should Address Achievement Gaps Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic Since school closures and remote learning became the norm, I have received emails from school and district leaders relevant […]
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Collaborating to Fill a Void in Information to Support the Effective Use of Educational Assessment City Year is an American education nonprofit organization founded in 1988 and dedicated to helping […]
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Thoughts About Scaling Educational Reforms to Increase Educators’ Assessment Literacy I am encouraged that so many educational leaders are wrestling with systematically bringing educational reforms to scale. Unfortunately, as these […]
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How We Can Support Education Policymakers in Making Important Assessment Decisions This is the first in a series of CenterLine posts by our 2019 summer interns and their Center mentors based on […]
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Getting Clear about Best Practices–Competency-based Grading Done Right This post is the last in my three-part series on competency-based grading. In Part 1, I describe the key similarities and differences between […]
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Getting Beyond the Hype–Potential Problems with Competency-Based Grading This post is Part 2 of a three-part series on competency-based grading. Part 1 described the key similarities and differences between traditional, standards-based, and […]
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Getting Clear about Definitions–Similarities and Differences Among Traditional-, Standards-Based, and Competency-Based Grading Practices This is the first in a three-part series on competency-based grading. I was motivated to write this […]
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Moving Toward a Research-Based Approach for Improving Assessment Literacy “Train-the-trainers” is commonly employed as an approach for attempting to spread new learning from individuals who attended a professional development experience […]
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Bill Belichick is a famous football coach known for his dry humor and non-answer answers to questions from the media. Coach Belichick holds many coaching records; including a record five […]
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