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Could Two Through Year Assessment Designs Provide Both Summative and Instructional Information?
An Exploration of Feasibility for a Through Year Assessment System In a past post, I showed the logical conflict that exists […]
March 2, 2021
Why Has it Been So Difficult to Develop a Viable Through Year Assessment System?
A Through Year Assessment System Cannot Both Portray Summative Student Performance and Purport to be Used to Improve Student Performance […]
February 22, 2021
Focus, Fix, Fit: Understanding the Meaning of 2021 Test Scores
Finding a Path Forward Following 2021 Test Scores Using Existing Tools and Procedures To answer the question of what 2021 […]
February 16, 2021
Practical Advice for Adapting Formative Assessment Practices to Remote Learning Contexts
Combining Good Pedagogy and Technology to Conduct Assessment Informs Future Instruction In a previous post, we discussed what is the same […]
February 8, 2021
Understanding the Pandemic Effects on Learning Loss and Learning Recovery
The Role of Student Growth & Statewide Testing As of January 2021, the United States is almost completely in the […]
February 1, 2021
Developing a Theory of Action for Your Balanced Assessment System: How to Develop One and What To Do With It
This presentation provides an introduction to theories of action in the context of balanced assessment systems. The goal of this […]
January 27, 2021
Accountability as a Roadblock to Assessment Reform
Advocating for Changes to Federal Accountability Requirements to Enable Innovative Assessment Many of us at the Center for Assessment have […]
January 25, 2021
Reflections From a Decade of Fall Testing
Compelling Reasons to Think Twice Before Moving 2021 Spring State Testing to the Fall When spring state testing was abruptly […]
January 21, 2021
Understanding Pandemic Learning Loss and Learning Recovery: The Role of Student Growth & Statewide Testing
This paper shows how states, with spring 2021 assessment data and student growth results derived from it, are positioned to […]
January 20, 2021
State Testing in 2021: Messaging Matters More than Ever
How Can We Best Communicate Results From State Testing Given the Challenges of Learning in a Pandemic? Even as discussions […]
January 19, 2021