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Improving Balance in Assessment Systems: Let’s Learn Together
At our conference, we’ll ask what it takes to implement balanced assessment systems and explore how tests can support or hinder teaching and learning.
March 19, 2025
Culturally Responsive Assessment: From Classrooms to Large-Scale Settings
A new volume explores what we’ve learned about culturally responsive assessment and how we can build on it to serve students better.
March 12, 2025
The Case for State Testing
States should keep giving statewide tests even if the Trump administration stops enforcing federal assessment laws.
March 7, 2025
Facing Federal Contract Cancellations Head-On
The cancellation of federal research contracts cuts states’ and districts’ access to good data. These five ideas help them preserve and use the data they have.
March 5, 2025
How Should States Choose a Growth Model?
Nearly all states use a measure of student longitudinal growth in accountability. But how should states decide which growth model to use?
February 20, 2025
Comparability Isn’t All or Nothing
Understanding comparability as a multifaceted problem—not a yes-or-no issue—can help states as they create innovative assessment systems.
February 5, 2025
Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Student Agency
Agency—the ability to control one’s own thoughts, processes and actions—is a key skill for students to master. But assessing that mastery is challenging.
January 29, 2025
The Challenges of Assessing 21st Century Competencies
A new report from the Center explores the challenges of assessing 21st century competencies and offers practical advice.
January 22, 2025
Assessing 21st Century Competencies: Guiding Principles for States and Districts
Students need 21st century competencies to succeed in school, work and civic life. But assessing those competencies is challenging.
January 21, 2025
Subtraction in Assessment and Accountability (Re)Design
Resisting our urge to add design layers to assessment and accountability systems—and subtracting instead—can produce better solutions.
January 15, 2025