Ready or Not: AI Is Changing Assessment and Accountability
Advances in artificial intelligence are transforming assessment and accountability. We explore the risks and opportunities of AI in 10 areas of K-12 work.
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It’s Time for an Innovative Accountability Pilot
Federal regulations limit states’ innovations in assessment. More substantial innovation can happen only with more flexibility in accountability.
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Through-Year Assessment: A Radical Renegotiation of the School Accountability Contract
Many states are considering replacing their year-end tests with through-year assessments. But this change would impact states’ implicit accountability contracts with schools.
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Reframing Accountability: Build Closer Connections Between School Identification and School Improvement
States can better support school improvement by building stronger connections between accountability design and school improvement.
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How We Talk About Results of Assessment and Accountability Systems
States can use reporting from annual assessment and accountability systems as flashlights, not hammers. But to do that, they need to start planning. Now.
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Guidance for Addressing N-Size in School Accountability and Reporting Systems
Decisions regarding the minimum n-size for accountability indicators can make a big difference in the design and implementation of school accountability systems.
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Student Growth Measures for Accountability: No, You Don’t Need a Vertical Scale
Student growth measures for accountability do not require a vertical scale and, in fact, may be hampered by one.
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Accountability Systems Must Offer More Than School Grades
School accountability systems encompass more than what is reflected in school grading systems, which can skew how school quality is seen.
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Reflecting on Lessons Learned in Assessment and Accountability in Education in 2022
Scott Marion reflects on what we have learned after another year of recovery after COVID’s interruptions to assessment and accountability in education.
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A 10-Step Guide for Incorporating Program Evaluation Into the Design of Educational Interventions
We explain how to incorporate program evaluation in education after you have organized your program to connect it to your evaluation.
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The Pandemic has Changed the Accountability Landscape
We explore what a national survey tells us about the pandemic impact on accountability systems and how states can prepare for the future.
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Connecting Evaluation Principles to Improvement Science
Improvement science can address educational issues, but only with program evaluation can its efficacy in improving outcomes be measured.
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But How Do We Know It’s Working?
Program evaluation can demonstrate the desired outcomes of educational initiatives, programs, and other “things” are coming to fruition.
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Mobility Matters When Designing More Equitable School Accountability Systems
Hear from a Center intern on his work studying performance mobility in contemporary school accountability systems.
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Recovery, Stabilization, or Continued Decline as We Emerge from the Pandemic
Assessment results in 2022 can tell us a lot about where learning stands, but only if presented correctly for accurate comparisons.
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Assessment and Accountability to Monitor and Support Learning Recovery
The 2022 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series will focus on learning recovery post-COVID and the role of assessment and accountability.
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Boosting the Signal Through the Noise
Learnings from our Colloquium: effective communication about educational assessment and accountability in a time of confusion and mistrust.
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Lead With the Reports
What I Learned About Creating Effective Test Score Reports From the Great Ron Hambleton Sadly, one of the giants in the field of educational measurement has recently passed away – […]
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