Understanding That Higher Expectations for Instruction and Student Performance Are Necessary to Meet 21st Century Demands Can we call “analysis” by another name and expect educators to teach students to […]
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What Would it Take to Design an Assessment System Around a Goal of Improving Teaching Quality and Teachers’ Knowledge and Skills? How would I design an assessment or assessment system […]
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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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Supporting State Department of Education Staff with Internal Decision Making The results of educational assessments have never been more visible. Over the past 20 years, the reporting of state assessment […]
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An Item Type to Drive Deeper Instruction and Improve Curriculum Decisions The world of work in the 21st Century requires that people are able to critically read and analyze a variety […]
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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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