This paper explores the potential opportunities and risks of several assessment options that could be available with more federal flexibility.
Topics: Interim Assessment
Student agency is a crucial skill, but schools struggle to teach and assess it. This review explores its assessment implications.
The ability to think analytically is vital in today’s world. In an era defined by rapid technological advancements, economic globalization and societal complexities, analytical thinking skills are paramount to career […]
It’s never been more important to teach 21st century skills—the cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal competencies that students need to thrive in postsecondary education and the global workforce. But teaching these skills—and […]
Designing a balanced district assessment system is difficult work that requires stakeholders with different levels of responsibility and authority to come to a common understanding about the purpose of an […]
As states and schools begin a transition to the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, they will need to come to a shared agreement on what increased cognitive rigor […]
This paper argues that there should be many different interim assessment designs to match varied instructional uses, and provides examples.
This rapid review of twenty studies examines and characterizes interim assessment use. The findings show (1) that individual interim assessments are often used for multiple purposes, (2) that the most […]
Improving the Selection, Use, and Evaluation of Interim Assessments Interim Assessment Toolkit Part 1: Identifying Assessment Gaps and Needs Interim Assessment Toolkit Part 2: Assessment Characteristics and Evidence of Quality […]
This presentation defines and explores interim assessment designs used by states to support districts. It also examines one state’s efforts to develop an interim assessment system based on the Next […]
This paper details a number of design decisions involved with implementing a system of assessments (i.e., a balanced assessment system) at the district and state levels in the context of […]
This work examines how scale scores and cut scores can be developed for a set of thirty one interim assessments. Each of these 31 interim, or “mini-assessments,” covers a single […]
One key selling point for interim, or benchmark, assessments is that their scores are generally highly predictive of scores on large-scale summative assessments. Using district wide data in sixth grade […]
This paper examines the conceptual and practical challenges in developing a system of interim assessments that produces a single summative score for accountability purposes, in line with that detailed in […]
Setting the Foundation: Frameworks for Assessment, Context, and Literacy Fit the Assessment to Intended Purpose and Uses – Erika Hall Assessments: Beyond the Claims – Jeri Thompson Assessment Literacy Framework […]
In Spring, 2013, Indiana students experienced interruptions while taking the ISTEP+ on-line. This report describes the nature of the interruptions and estimates the impact of the interruptions on student scores.
This paper reports work to develop an instrument with detailed criteria that educators could use to analyze the quality and usefulness of interim assessment instruments.
This policy brief, written with the Aspen Institute’s Education and Society Program, provides a conceptual foundation to help state and district leaders think about whether to incorporate interim assessments into […]