What’s the Same and What’s Different about Classroom Assessment in 2020-2021? As school restarts this fall, many teachers and students are facing different learning environments than the typical back-to-school realities […]
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When Mary Ann Snider and I wrote in late April, “We can seize this opportunity to create assessment experiences that require students to think deeply and to demonstrate that deep thinking,” we […]
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The Center’s Executive Director Scott Marion was asked recently to offer a short response to the question,“How can parents and policymakers know whether schools are making up for lost learning […]
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We cannot know what classrooms and teaching will look like in the coming school year, but that doesn’t need to prevent states from planning ahead for accurately equating spring 2021 […]
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The Reidy Interactive Lecture Series (RILS) is one of the highlights for Center associates and our colleagues each year. It’s always a treat to convene in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; a […]
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Since mid-March, Center for Assessment associates and highly-respected guest authors have written multiple CenterLine posts and other papers addressing key aspects of assessment and accountability. We have been wrestling with […]
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State and district leaders are working hard to prepare for in-person schooling in 2020-2021 while also planning for hybrid models or, at worst, full remote learning should certain locales become […]
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Currently, three states have publicly announced their intention to pursue a waiver from federal testing requirements for the 2020-2021 academic year. In a few other states, there appears to be […]
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Formative Assessment Wins Again In recent weeks, we have been pleased to feature several CenterLine posts by Center associates and guest authors addressing how states, districts, and schools should consider […]
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Game-Based Assessment Can be Fun for Students: Can We Make Its Use More Informative for Teachers? In recent weeks, CenterLine has featured several posts by Center associates and guest authors […]
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Education Reform has Always Been About Recovering Losses in Learning In a late April survey by EdWeek, 320 district administrators were asked to indicate the most urgent needs that assessment vendors […]
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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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Arguments Against Administering the Spring 2020 Summative State Assessments When Students Go Back to School All states closed their schools in March and suspended or canceled annual state assessments. While […]
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How Selecting the Appropriate Assessment Can Help Inform Instruction This Fall Schools have dismissed students to enforce social distancing and have implemented remote learning for the rest of the 2019-20 […]
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How a Much-Needed Transformation to Teaching and Learning Can Emerge From the COVID-19 Crisis Graduates today, more than ever, will need to navigate the economic shifts resulting from the COVID-19 […]
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A Guest Post by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation Juan D’Brot and the Center are pleased to host this post prepared by Juan with contributions from his […]
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COVID-19 School Closures Provide an Opportunity to Think About and Assess Learning Differently Jal Mehta, author of In Search of Deeper Learning, was recently interviewed by Rick Hess about how to support deeper […]
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