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Arrows point to the left, toward a sailboat, while red arrows along the bottom of the image point to the right. The contrast of directions indicates the tension in taking a different approach when things have traditionally been done one way – and in a certain direction.

Consider Backward Assessment Design 

If an assessment is meant to help teachers get insight into student learning and adjust their instruction, test designers must start with the end in mind.
August 9, 2023
Children sit at a desk with their teacher to illustrate an educational environment.

The Path Forward for School Accountability: Practical Ways to Improve School Accountability Systems Now (Webinar)

Pressure to improve our school accountability systems is mounting. Criticism of accountability isn’t new, but it intensified in 2020, driven […]
August 3, 2023
An abstract landscape image with buildings that indicate a school and a government building to show how the two are consistently intertwined.

School Accountability Is Broken 

It’s time to create school accountability systems that recognize the unique roles and responsibilities of states, districts and schools.
August 3, 2023
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The 2023 Reidy Interactive Lecture Series (RILS)

Reflecting on and Improving Accountability Systems: Promises and Challenges
July 31, 2023
The Center for Assessment logo is in the center of the image, and a ribbon of separated colors passes through it from left to right; however, on the right side as it exits the logo, the colors all come together to represent unified ideas.

Towards Coherence in Assessment Systems 

As the pandemic ends, different types of tests tell different stories about student achievement. Key shifts in thinking and action can build more coherence.
July 26, 2023
A pencil is suspended in mid-air being held by red tape to represent the constraints of the federal government on education policy.

Building Innovative Assessments in an Era of Accountability

After Georgia pulled out of a federal assessment pilot, the state’s testing chief reflects on the policy changes necessary to support real test improvement.
July 12, 2023

The Path Forward for School Accountability: Practical Ways to Improve School Accountability Systems Now (Webinar)

The last few years have produced a groundswell of interest in improving our school accountability systems. COVID-related school closures and […]
July 10, 2023
Children sit at a desk with their teacher to illustrate an educational environment.

How to Improve School Accountability Now

We don’t refute calls for more sweeping reform, but we must take swift action to make school accountability work better right now.
July 6, 2023
There are 7 white pillars that go about halfway up the image, and there are 7 different children of diverse backgrounds standing on each pillar to represent the challenges of equity in education under standardized accountability designs.

Promoting Equity Through Accountability System Design

States can use accountability system design as a lever for equity in student outcomes and opportunities, but 5 common barriers get in the way.
June 28, 2023

The Path Forward for School Accountability: Practical Ways to Improve School Accountability Systems Now

The last few years have produced a groundswell of interest in improving our school accountability systems. Some suggest it’s necessary […]
June 22, 2023
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