Don’t Start With Assessment: Navigating State Involvement in 21st Century Competencies
Before states jump into assessing 21st century competencies, they need to step back to consider some key tradeoffs and questions.
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Assessment Must Follow Curriculum and Instruction
We talk a lot about—and aim for—balanced assessment systems. But we’re still not paying enough attention to the instructional core.
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Balanced Assessment Systems, Reimagined as a Relay Race
School districts play a powerful role in creating balanced assessment systems.
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Evaluating Generative AI Feedback in Classroom Assessment: A Meta-Synthesis
Generative AI is increasingly used to provide feedback in classrooms, but how effective is that feedback? Our study answers that question.
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Building on a Strong Foundation: A New Chapter of Leadership at the Center
As three new leaders take the helm at the Center for Assessment, they share their vision for the future and the commitments that will guide them.
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Chris Domaleski: The Center’s New Executive Director
Chris Domaleski becomes the Center’s executive director on Sept. 18. In this interview, he discusses his plans and priorities.
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Carla Evans: New Associate Director of the Center
Carla Evans becomes an associate director of the Center for Assessment on Sept. 18. In this interview, she discusses her plans and priorities.
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Juan D’Brot: New Associate Director of the Center
Juan D’Brot becomes an associate director of the Center for Assessment on Sept. 18. In this interview, he discusses his plans and priorities.
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Our Assessment Systems Should Reflect the Purposes of Public Education
Americans have long recognized the broad mission of public education, but haven’t had good ways to measure our progress toward it.
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Eight Key Threats to Balanced Assessment Systems
A new guide, to be shared at RILS next month, outlines features that make assessment systems more or less balanced.
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Designing for Coherence
True coherence exists when standards, curricula, instruction, assessment and professional learning are all grounded in a shared vision of student learning.
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Changing State Assessments Won’t Improve Student Learning
If we want students to learn more, we must engage them with good teaching and meaningful content.
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Rethinking Assessment on a Shrinking, Shifting Landscape
We need systems that acknowledge the demographic shifts and data blind spots that make it harder to tell the story of student learning.
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Preserving the Human Connection in the Age of GenAI in Schools
Generative AI cannot replace the relationships among adults and children that are crucial for healthy development and learning.
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Statewide Assessments Are Critical for Informed Public School Choice
As public school choice expands, state tests play an increasingly important role: providing a common benchmark to help families evaluate their options.
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Navigating Formative Assessment in Mathematics: Lessons from Rincon Valley Union School District
A recent project to build professional learning communities that support teachers in formative assessment shows the importance of flexible leadership.
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Zero-based Assessment System Design
How an idea from budget management can help school districts break the logjams they face when they try to get rid of unnecessary tests.
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What We’re Up To: Center Presentations at NCSA 2025
We’ve got a great lineup of presentations at the National Conference on Student Assessment. Here’s a quick rundown.
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