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Children work together in a classroom.

Tilting at Windmills: Classroom Grading Practices That Won’t Go Away

Bad classroom grading practices persist, even though they’re based on technical quicksand. Here are four ways to improve them.
September 9, 2026
Students taking test in class

How Reading Lists Can Improve Assessments

Required-reading lists can be controversial, but they can help level the playing field for large-scale reading tests by reducing the transfer demand on students.
September 2, 2026
Six adults sit at a wooden table, looking at laptops and paper printouts.

Human-Guided Generative AI Across the Survey Lifecycle

In education, surveys are a crucial tool. Where can AI help in survey design, implementation, and reporting, and where is human expertise still essential?
August 26, 2026
Children outdoors in front of a government building.

How Diploma Seals Can Help Assess Civic Learning

Civic seals can do more than recognize student learning. They can be part of a system that supports and gauges their civic readiness.
August 19, 2026
A teacher works with two students at a table.

Clarifying What Makes Assessment Instructionally Useful

The way we talk about an assessment’s instructional usefulness can undermine the clarity we need to use test information well.
August 12, 2026
Education leadership using assessment and accountability data to improve decision making

Leading Education Systems With Purpose in an Incoherent Environment

Education leaders are often asked to make coherent decisions in an incoherent environment. But decisions that fit together logically are important.
August 5, 2026

Rethinking Career-Readiness Measures

RILS 2026 grapples with measuring students’ career-readiness. It’s especially important now, with AI, shifts in the economy, and persistent skills gaps.
July 29, 2026
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How Can School Accountability Reflect the Purposes of Education?

To decide what accountability systems should measure, we must articulate the purposes of schooling. Then we can build systems that reflect them.
July 22, 2026

Learning About Reading Assessment

A retreat with experts taught me that our large-scale assessments don't reflect the way children learn to read.
July 15, 2026
Fourth graders work together in a classroom.

Making Sense of Achievement Trends

We should pay attention to achievement trends, but recognize that trends rarely have a single, universal explanation.
June 24, 2026
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