What Do We Know About Innovative Assessment?
Are states creating tests that are truly innovative? To answer that, we took a look at the characteristics, process and purposes of innovation.
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Moving Education From Accountability to Shared Responsibility
Shifting from an accountability mindset to reciprocal responsibility could transform the way schools, districts and states work toward improvement.
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Innovative Assessments: A Plea for Clarity and Humility
Before launching a project to build an “innovative” assessment for education, it’s wise to define what you want to move toward—and away from.
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The Future of Assessment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Google’s recent release of Gemini showcases AI’s potential to reshape educational assessment. We must be open to these changes, while monitoring and managing their risks.
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Do We Really Need to Test All Students Every Year?
We can reduce testing in schools without sacrificing meaningful annual reports on students’ learning.
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Can We Reduce Testing in K-12 Schools?
State testing has long been criticized for many reasons. We undertook a study to examine what tradeoffs might be necessary to reduce the footprint of state testing. Here’s a preview of our early findings.
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School Accountability Is Broken
It’s time to create school accountability systems that recognize the unique roles and responsibilities of states, districts and schools.
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Perfect Test Comparability Is a Sign of Failure
The federal innovative assessment pilot has hobbled the testing improvements it aimed to promote. We can change that by rethinking test comparability.
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What Happens to Performance Assessment If We Use It for Accountability?
Those who promote using performance assessment for accountability may want to stop and consider exactly what they want to argue for.
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Face It: Tests Have Consequences
An assessment’s negative or positive consequences are just as important as other dimensions of assessment quality, and should be part of test validity evaluations.
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Ready or Not: AI Is Changing Assessment and Accountability
Advances in artificial intelligence are transforming assessment and accountability. We explore the risks and opportunities of AI in 10 areas of K-12 work.
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It’s Time for an Innovative Accountability Pilot
Federal regulations limit states’ innovations in assessment. More substantial innovation can happen only with more flexibility in accountability.
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Full STEAM Ahead on Scientific Innovations in Artistic Environments
Science, technology, and the arts (STEAM) combine to provide exceptional educational value and innovation to students.
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Accountability Doesn’t Need to Be Restarted. It Needs to Be Revised!
Making the Case for a New Approach to Federal School Accountability The U.S. Department of Education followed an all too familiar pattern of publishing important guidance just before the Christmas […]
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Innovation in Educational Assessment
Thoughts on What Has Worked Well, What Has Been Less Successful, and Why This post is based on Charlie DePascale’s presentation during Session 1 of the virtual 2021 Reidy Interactive […]
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Following Their Lead: Conversations About Innovative Assessment
Discussions with State Leaders Approved to Implement Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority Pilots Five states have been approved to implement innovative assessment pilots as part of the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) under […]
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Enhanced Score Reporting for a Game-Based Assessment
Game-Based Assessment Can be Fun for Students: Can We Make Its Use More Informative for Teachers? This is the fifth post by one of our 2021 summer interns based on their project […]
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Implementing an Innovative State Assessment System While We’re Still Building It
Houston, I Think We Might Have a Problem One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and yet expecting different results. Recently, I have been […]
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