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Designing a Communication Plan When an Assessment Changes

Erika Landl
Mar 11, 2026
Assessment Assessment Literacy Culturally Relevant/Responsive/Sustainable Assessment Education Policy Large Scale Assessment Professional Learning State

This document provides guidance for education leaders in developing a communication plan when there are changes to statewide assessments.

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Making the Most of the Data We Have: A Five-Part Strategy for Challenging Times

Juan D'Brot
Apr 08, 2025
Assessment Data Literacy Education Policy Professional Learning State

Education leaders need new strategies to protect their data and use it effectively, since moves by the Trump administration threaten their access to the data that supports good decision-making.

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Understanding Assessment Culture

Erika LandlCaroline Wylie
Aug 30, 2024
Assessment Assessment Literacy Balanced Assessment Systems Classroom/Formative District Education Policy Professional Learning

How do attitudes and beliefs about assessment affect teaching and learning in your school? In partnership with ISTE, the Center has created a guide that’s intended to help school and […]

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The Time Trap: Why It’s Misguided to Report Assessment Results as “Years of Learning”

Damian BetebennerCharles DePascale
Aug 28, 2024
Accountability Assessment Data Literacy Education Policy Large Scale Assessment Reliability Reporting State

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, educators and policymakers have scrambled to assess the impact on student learning. Popular metrics that have gained traction are the notions of “years […]

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A Review of the Literature on Intercultural Understanding

Chris Brandt
Aug 15, 2024
Assessment Classroom/Formative Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

In today’s globalized world, intercultural understanding is a crucial skill that fosters respectful and productive interactions among diverse populations. Such skills are especially critical in today’s workforce, which increasingly demands […]

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Toolkit

Assessing 21st Century Skills

Center for Assessment
Dec 28, 2023
Assessment Classroom/Formative Interim Assessment Professional Learning

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 […]

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Toolkit

Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) Toolkit

Jeri Thompson
Jun 20, 2023
Assessment Classroom/Formative Professional Learning

This toolkit is designed to provide teachers, curriculum coordinators and school leaders with the information and resources necessary to understand the underlying expectations of text dependent analysis. Additional instructional resources […]

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Primer on Diagnostic Classification Models (DCMs)

André A. Rupp
Feb 07, 2023
Assessment Assessment Literacy District Education Policy Professional Learning

This document lays out a few high-level principles and practices around cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs) / diagnostic classification models (DCMs) that are commonly of relevance for practical applications of these models. The document has […]

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Paper

Research Synthesis: Developing the Educator Assessment Literacy Professional Learning Screener

Carla EvansYelisey A. Shapovalov
Aug 05, 2022
Assessment Literacy Professional Learning

This research synthesis is intended to provide the research background for the content and design of the Educator Assessment Literacy Professional Learning Screening Tool.

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Module

Classroom Assessment Learning Modules

Center for Assessment
Jun 26, 2022
Assessment Classroom/Formative Professional Learning

We created a series of learning modules that support the development of educators’ classroom assessment literacy in areas critical to student academic success and reducing achievement gaps. The modules provide […]

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Toolkit

Student Learning Objectives Toolkit

Center for Assessment
Nov 12, 2021
Assessment Assessment Literacy Classroom/Formative Professional Learning

The Student Learning Objectives Toolkit is a resource developed by the Center to help educators map out the process for developing quality SLOs. This module contains the following: –SLO – […]

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Toolkit

Local Assessment Toolkit: Exploring Cognitive Rigor

Karin Hess
Nov 08, 2021
Assessment Classroom/Formative Interim Assessment Professional Learning

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 […]

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Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Creativity

Chris Brandt
Nov 01, 2021
Assessment Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

There is a growing interest in conceptualizing, defining, and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper learning competencies. The purpose of this literature review is to explore […]

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Presentation

Symposia: Application of Needs-Based Models to Support Sociocultural Approaches to Improving Educators’ Assessment Literacy

Carla EvansErika LandlJeri Thompson
Oct 22, 2021
Assessment Literacy Professional Learning

The purpose of this symposium was to explore a needs-based assessment model approach to identify, support, and sustain the development of K-12 educators’ assessment literacy capacities in ways that are […]

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Paper

Assessment Literacy Brief for Policymakers

Center for Assessment
Oct 01, 2020
Assessment Assessment Literacy Education Policy Federal Professional Learning State

Educational assessments are powerful tools for guiding and informing teaching, learning, and school and district improvement. They are one of the multiple measures policymakers can use to improve the performance […]

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Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Self-Directed Learning

Chris Brandt
Mar 31, 2020
Assessment Classroom/Formative Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

States are increasingly interested in defining and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper-learning competencies. This paper explores the conceptualizations, definitions, and understandings in the research literature […]

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Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Collaboration

Carla Evans
Mar 31, 2020
Assessment Classroom/Formative Education Policy Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

There is a growing interest in conceptualizing, defining, and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper learning competencies. The purpose of this literature review is to explore […]

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Measuring Student Success Skills: A Review of the Literature on Complex Communication

Jeri Thompson
Mar 31, 2020
Assessment Classroom/Formative Performance- & Project-Based Professional Learning

States are increasingly interested in conceptualizing, defining, and assessing what are often called 21st century skills or deeper-learning competencies. This paper explores the literature on complex communication. Key initial questions […]

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