In the closing session of the 2022 RILS conference, Chris Domaleski summarizes insights from the conference and outlines strategies to address the impact of the pandemic moving forward.
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These are the slides that will be used for the end of Day 1 and beginning of Day 2 sessions (RILS 2022).
The COVID-19 pandemic led to the biggest interruption in student education in the history of the United States.
In this RILS 2022 presentation, Miranda McLaren and Debbie Durrence discuss the key impacts that the pandemic had on the Gwinnett County school district in Georgia, which is a large, diverse urban dis…
In this RILS 2022 presentation, Adam Hicks discusses the particular impacts that the pandemic had on the Shelby County school district in Kentucky, which is a smaller semi-urban, semi-rural district s…
In this RILS 2022 presentation, André A.
This RILS 2022 presentation examines the impact of pandemic disruptions on school accountability systems and how states have addressed these challenges.
This session at RILS 2022 focused on the power and potential of formative assessment processes to accelerate student learning.
The pandemic disruptions to schools have had a well-documented effect on student learning.
Part 2: Opportunities: The Outlook for Innovation: Opportunities and Challenges on the Road Ahead From Session 6, Part 2, of RILS 2021: What have we learned from prominent attempts to promote innovati…
Part 1: Challenges From Session 6 of RILS 2021: The Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority under the Every Student Succeeds Act was purportedly created to provide space for states to design and…
From Session 5 of RILS 2021: This session will explore how the assessment system design for innovative assessments can be informed by rapid prototyping, feedback, and successive revisions at all stage…
From Session 4 of RILS 2021: In this session, we use a theory of action framework as a tool for structuring, communicating, and implementing balanced assessment systems.
From Session 3 of RILS 2021: Design innovation in educational assessment systems assumes that the design addresses stakeholder needs and concerns with the currently-implemented assessment system, as w…
From Session 2 of RILS 2021: Designing a balanced assessment system that meets the various needs of stakeholders requires both an understanding of the context as well as the problem that needs to be s…
From Session 1 of RILS 2021: Drawing on his own experiences with innovation and educational assessment systems over the past six decades, Center Alum Charlie DePascale will offer a brief look at the h…
Improving the Selection, Use, and Evaluation of Interim Assessments Interim Assessment Toolkit Part 1: Identifying Assessment Gaps and Needs Interim Assessment Toolkit Part 2: Assessment Characteristi…
The Center at 20: Leveraging the lessons of the past to improve the impact of assessment and accountability practices Thursday, September 27th Agenda TimeTopic8:30amWelcome to RILSScott Marion, Center…