Consequential Uses of Assessment: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
Agenda
Thursday, Sept. 26
| Time | Session | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | Breakfast | Breakfast provided |
| 9:00 | Welcome, Context & Essentials | Scott Marion provides introductory remarks about the background and purpose of RILS. |
| 9:10 | Considering Consequences in Assessment: Mapping the Landscape | André A. Rupp and Chris Domaleski provide a framing presentation to introduce key frameworks and empirical findings about consequential uses of assessment. |
| 10:00 | Assessment Brain Bash: Wrestling With Consequences (Part 1: Friendly Debate) | Center staff engage in a friendly debate focused on critical arguments for and against using standardized assessment for consequential decisions that affect individuals directly or indirectly. Debate participants: Carla Evans Brian Gong Scott Marion Caroline Wylie |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 | Assessment Brain Bash: Wrestling With Consequences (Part 2: Discussion and Reflections) | Andrew Ho provides a critical discussion of key points from the debate. Participants then share reflections elicited by the debate and discuss with other participants at their roundtables. Discussant: Andrew Ho, Harvard GSE |
| 12:15 | Lunch | Lunch provided |
| 1:15 | Assessment Adventures: Exploring Consequences Through Illustrative Vignettes (Part 1: Vignette Overviews) | Center staff preview several vignettes that illustrate consequential uses of assessment or key areas of innovation that affect consequences. Vignette topics: – State assessment systems – 21st-century competencies – Generative artificial intelligence – School grading and credit earning – Diploma eligibility assessment |
| 1:45 | Assessment Adventures: Exploring Consequences Through Illustrative Vignettes (Part 2: Choose Your Own Adventure) | Participants choose a vignette to explore further and participate in a structured roundtable discussion with the presenters. |
| 2:45 | Break | |
| 3:00 | Engagement Expedition: Reaching Constituents to Understand and Address Consequences (Part 1: Panelist Presentations) | Panelists present use cases that illustrate how they have effectively involved constituents in different aspects of system design and implementation work to better understand and address consequences. Panelists: Pōhai Schultz, University of Hawaii-Manoa Kyu-Ryung Hwang, New Hampshire DOE Lu Young, UK Next Gen Gretchen Morgan, CIE |
| 3:50 | Engagement Expedition: Reaching Constituents to Understand and Address Consequences (Part 2: Moderated Panel) | Participants discuss the core issues from their uses cases with an eye towards providing strategic guidance and practical recommendations for participants. Participants can submit questions or reflects for the panel. |
| 4:30 | Wrap-Up/Adjourn Day 1 | |
| 5:30 | Evening reception in hotel | Light snacks and drinks provided |
Friday Sept. 27
| Time | Session | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 | Breakfast | Breakfast provided |
| 9:00 | Welcome Day 2 | André A. Rupp welcomes participants to day 2 and Laura Pinsonneault engages them in a fun warm-up activity connected to the themes of day 1. |
| 9:15 | Navigating the Policy Territory: Shaping Assessment Consequences | Panelists discuss how federal, state and local policy levers can be used to properly configure assessment systems with an eye towards properly managing consequences. Panelists: Peter Zamora, CCSSO Stephen Pruitt, SREB Lillian Pace, KnowledgeWorks |
| 10:15 | Break | |
| 10:30 | Trailblazing Transformations: Putting Ideas into Concrete Actions (Part 1: Panelist Presentations) | Participants provide brief presentations of complementary frameworks for evaluating whether strategic actions for addressing consequences are working. Panelists: Juan D’Brot, Center for Assessment Ye Tong, NBME Susan Lyons, Lyons Assessment Consulting |
| 11:00 | Trailblazing Transformations: Putting Ideas into Concrete Actions (Part 2: Activity) | Juan D’Brot leads participants through an activity to think through key consequences for interim, large-scale, and performance-based assessment. |
| 11:30 | Taking Stock and Looking Ahead: Conference Reflections (Part 1: Participant Reflections) | André A. Rupp leads participants through reflection activities that allow them to pull together their learnings in creative ways. |
| 12:10 | Taking Stock and Looking Ahead: Conference Reflections (Part 2: Organizer Reflections) | Chris Domaleski and André A. Rupp provide conference reflections, signaling common themes, critical tension points, and productive ways forward. |
| 12:30 | Conference Ends | Lunch provided |
