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The National Academy of Education (NAEd) and the Center for Assessment today released Implementing Balanced Assessment Systems: A Practical Guidebook for Districts & Schools. This critical guidebook will help school […]
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Juan D’Brot, an associate director at the Center for Assessment, has been reelected to a three-year term on the executive committee of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. […]
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Dr. Gerunda Hughes, a longtime mathematics educator and a member of the Center’s board of trustees, has been named the winner of the Louise Hay Award for Contributions to Mathematics […]
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Leaders With Broad Expertise, Range of Backgrounds to Set Policy for The Nation’s Report Card Sep. 30, 2025 — (Washington, D.C.) U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon today announced the appointment […]
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Dr. Chris Domaleski is the new executive director of the Center for Assessment, the Center announced Thursday. Dr. Scott Marion stepped down as executive director, a post he’s held since […]
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Dr. Linda Cook is the 2025 recipient of the E. F. Lindquist Award, the American Educational Research Association announced today. After obtaining her doctorate in educational measurement and statistics from […]
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Dr. Scott Marion, the executive director of the Center for Assessment, will step down from that post effective September 2025. Scott isn’t leaving the Center, however; he’ll be deepening and […]
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Center Experts’ Book Sheds Light on Key Issue Many education leaders and vendors claim that a range of standardized assessments can provide information that’s instructionally useful for teachers. Such claims […]
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Washington, June 12, 2024 — The sponsoring organizations of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (the Standards) – the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the National Council […]
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Expansion of Groundbreaking Work Can Guide Implementation of Powerful Systems to Support Student Learning The National Academy of Education (NAEd) today released Reimagining Balanced Assessment Systems, which expands upon our […]
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Prestigious Panel Chooses New Members for Their Expertise in Education Research and Policy The National Academy of Education announced this week that 14 exceptional education leaders and scholars are elected […]
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The last few years have produced a groundswell of interest in improving our school accountability systems. Some suggest it’s necessary to fine-tune current practices. Others advocate sweeping reforms that pave […]
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Prestigious panel chooses 18 new members for their expertise in education research and policy The National Academy of Education announced today that 18 exceptional education leaders and scholars are elected […]
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Through-year assessment is enjoying a surge of attention and more than a dozen states are designing, piloting, or implementing versions of this assessment model to replace their current end-of-year summative […]
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I’m Scott Marion, Executive Director of the Center, and I’m pleased to be herewith our Board chair, Henry Braun, and Senior Associate, Damian Betebenner.Our associate director, Chris Domaleski, is very […]
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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 accountability systems under the Every […]
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The purposes of the Classroom Assessment SIG are to promote student learning through improved classroom assessment practices; to assist teachers in improving their classroom assessment practices and understand why it […]
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U.S. Education Secretary Appoints Five Members To Board Overseeing The Nation’s Report Card Former North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue named chair of National Assessment Governing Board WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary […]
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