Can We Stop Obsessing About the Effects of Remote Instruction on Student Learning?
Let’s start talking about student learning recovery and stop focusing on the impact of remote instruction during the pandemic.
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Large-Scale Assessment and Learning to Love Uncertainty
Measuring post-COVID student learning recovery with large-scale assessment draws focus on how we make sense of test scores.
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Understanding Pandemic Impact and Addressing Recovery
Our 2022 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series focused on how we can better address the pandemic impact on student learning.
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Start Strong When Developing or Revising a Large-Scale Assessment Program
Assessment program development requires a process that begins with a strong first step including discovery, design, and dissemination.
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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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Just Give Us a Little
One small change in Federal testing law could lead to significant improvements in state tests and the perception of state testing.
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Can a State Test Inform Instruction?
Using a state test to inform instruction is possible, but has limitations that educators and other stakeholders need to understand.
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Monitoring COVID Recovery Efforts
It’s critical that educators use the right educational assessment tools to understand and overcome challenges related to COVID recovery.
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In Search of the “Just Right” Connection Between Curriculum and Assessment
Considering Options Between Curriculum-Specific and Curriculum-Agnostic State Assessment State summative assessments are intentionally designed to be curriculum-agnostic. The design of these state assessments ignores the various instructional materials and other […]
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But Will It Work in Practice?
Practical Challenges to the Use of Through-Year Assessment for Accountability The interest in using through-year assessment systems in place of traditional end-of-year state summative assessments has been increasing rapidly and […]
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Comparisons Matter: Considering What Recovery Is
Now is the Time to Begin Preparing for the Reporting of Spring 2022 Assessment Results The question about the pandemic impact has largely been answered – it’s bad (e.g., Betebenner et […]
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Can We Reduce Testing Time?
Issues and Considerations Regarding Time Spent on Testing It’s rare to find an issue that nearly everyone agrees with, but I think that the desire to reduce testing time is […]
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Technical Advisory Committees: A Counselor for Your Assessment Program
Guidelines for Getting the Most out of Interactions with Your Technical Advisory Committee What kind of advisor is right for you? Advisors come in all different shapes and sizes and […]
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All I Wanted for Christmas Was a Through Year Assessment System that Promotes Deeper Learning
A Focus on Creativity In my recent post, I promised to reveal the type of through year assessment design I’d like to see. After providing some background and context, I provide […]
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Break the Glass and Pull the Alarm! The Signal From Spring 2021 State Testing Is Clear
A Call to Policymakers to Support Multi-Year Acceleration Efforts I and many others were concerned that the uncertainty with interpreting Spring 2021 state summative test scores because of all the […]
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Why Have Many (All?) Approaches to Improve K-12 Educator Assessment Literacy Failed to Produce Significant Changes in Teacher Practices at Scale?
Making Teachers Active Agents in Improving Assessment Literacy Most of us would agree that if the problem of improving K-12 educator assessment literacy has not been solved, it is not […]
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Assessing the Academic Impact of COVID-19 on Summer 2021 Summative Assessments
Data from the Spring 2021 Summative Assessments Enhances Our Understanding of the Impact of the Pandemic As we approach 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence regarding the academic impact […]
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Educating Pablo: A Play About Through Course Assessment Systems
Dissecting the Conundrum of Testing Throughout the Year or Once at the End in a Conversation Between Teacher and Student Various states have advanced through course assessment proposals, in which […]
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