Reflecting on and Improving Accountability Systems: Promises and Challenges Agenda Thursday, September 21st TimeTopic9:00amWelcome and Introduction to RILSScott Marion, Center for Assessment9:15amWhat…
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Pressure to improve our school accountability systems is mounting.
The last few years have produced a groundswell of interest in improving our school accountability systems.
This toolkit is designed to provide teachers, curriculum coordinators and school leaders with the information and resources necessary to understand the underlying expectations of text dependent analys…
The District Assessment Procurement Protocol (DAPP) is designed to support school district leaders as they select high-quality assessment products that serve the specific information needs of their di…
More than a dozen states are exploring or piloting through-year assessments to replace their current end-of-year summative test for accountability.
The immense power of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming society and the economy. K-12 education is no exception.
Through-year assessment is enjoying a surge of attention, with more than a dozen states designing, piloting, or implementing versions of this assessment model to replace their current end-of-year summ…
This document lays out a few high-level principles and practices around cognitive diagnosis models (CDMs) / diagnostic classification models (DCMs) that are commonly of relevance f…
The report presents recommendations from the Accountability Redesign Advisory Committee for the redesign of Utah’s School Accountability System.
The pandemic has changed the accountability landscape. States are experiencing different challenges as they restart their ESSA accountability in 2022.
Assessment and Accountability to Monitor and Support Learning Recovery Agenda Thursday, September 22nd TimeTopic9:00amWelcome: Best Practices in Using Assessment to Monitor andSupport the RecoveryScot…
This report for the Montana Office of Public Instruction outlines the framework for state assessments and informs the process of transitioning to a next-generation assessment system.
This paper describes a set of studies conducted to help understand the effects of pandemic-related disruptions on students’ academic performance during the 2020-2021 academic year in the state of Ut…
This research synthesis is intended to provide the research background for the content and design of the Educator Assessment Literacy Professional Learning Screening Tool.
We created a series of learning modules that support the development of educators’ classroom assessment literacy in areas critical to student academic success and reducing achievement gaps.
The Operational Best Practices for Accountability are intended to provide states with guidance and criteria for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and potential revision of accountab…
The Operational Best Practices for Accountability are intended to provide states with guidance and criteria for the design, development, implementation, evaluation, and potential revision of accountab…