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How Systems of Assessments Aligned with Competency-Based Education Can Support Equity
This paper, by the Center for Assessment and the Aurora Institute, presents a vision and discusses requirements for balanced systems […]
December 31, 2019
Reflections on Large-Scale State Assessment in the Twenty-Tens
What Have We Learned and What’s Ahead? Looking Back at a Transformative Decade in Educational Assessment In considering a decade […]
December 25, 2019
The Best Things Come in Threes
Evaluating the Utility of Educational Accountability Systems: Focusing on the Link Between Accountability Identification and Improvement Using a Three-Step Approach […]
December 16, 2019
Can Educational Assessment Improve Teaching?
What Would it Take to Design an Assessment System Around a Goal of Improving Teaching Quality and Teachers’ Knowledge and […]
December 11, 2019
Are Test-Takers Getting the Most From Technology-Enhanced Items?
Establishing Scoring Rules to Make the Use of TEIs More Efficient and Effective Technology-Enhanced Items (TEIs) are a kind of test question […]
December 4, 2019
Theories of Action Aren’t Enough: An Argument for Logic Models
A Practical Application of the Need to Fill the Gap Between Theories of Action and the Implementation and Evaluation of […]
November 24, 2019
How Can Every Educator Achieve Assessment Literacy?
Thoughts About Scaling Educational Reforms to Increase Educators’ Assessment Literacy I am encouraged that so many educational leaders are wrestling […]
November 19, 2019
Making the Most of the Summative State Assessment
How We Can Generate Actionable Student-Level Information from the Summative State Assessment While Honoring Their Design This post is based […]
November 18, 2019
In Search of Simple Solutions for the NAEP Results
Simple Explanations and Solutions are Appealing, but Insufficient to Affect the Changes Needed to Move NAEP Results The 2019 NAEP […]
November 4, 2019
Do Interim Assessments Have A Role in Balanced Systems of Assessment?
Evaluating Interim Assessments Against the Criteria for Balanced Assessment Systems Interim assessments may have a role in balanced assessment systems, […]
October 29, 2019