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Right-Sizing ESSA Accountability
States can create an accountability mix that right-sizes federal requirements and their own priorities, by blending or separating the two.
December 4, 2024
Maryland State Department of Education Assessment and Accountability Task Force Report
A summary of the assessment and accountability recommendations issued by the Maryland Assessment and Accountability Task Force.
December 3, 2024
Test Security: Expanding Our Ideas to Support Score Integrity
Test security has typically focused on preventing, detecting and acting on irregularities. But it should also support fairness and equity.
November 13, 2024
Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Intercultural Understanding
Intercultural understanding is an important 21st century skill for students, but assessing it is challenging. These guiding principles can help.
October 30, 2024
“This Test Is Instructionally Useful.” Where’s the Evidence?
Companies often say their assessments are instructionally useful, but they rarely provide evidence to support those claims.
October 23, 2024
Assessment Consequences Matter: A Look Back at RILS 2024
Our annual conference asked an important question: How do we minimize the unintended negative consequences of assessment for individuals and systems?
October 16, 2024
Redistributing Responsibility for Teachers’ Assessment Literacy
Understanding assessment and using it well should be the responsibility of the entire school community, not just its teachers.
October 9, 2024
2024 Reidy Interactive Learning Series
Consequential Uses of Assessment: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead Agenda Thursday, Sept. 26 TimeSessionDescription8:30BreakfastBreakfast provided9:00Welcome, Context & EssentialsScott Marion provides […]
October 2, 2024
We Make Assessment Literacy Too Hard!
Insights from behavioral economics can help us do right by teachers and stop blaming them for struggling to understand assessment data.
September 11, 2024
The Importance of Guiding Principles in Education
Education systems like accountability and assessment are complex, so it’s essential to create a set of principles that serve as a north star in their design.
September 4, 2024