Thinking About Improvement in Student Test Performance
This paper describes how student assessment information can be used to improve student performance.
Three (3) Cs of a Balanced Assessment System
Tool organized by criteria and indicators to assist with self-survey about the district assessment system.
Understanding Assessment Resources for Parents_Edutopia
This document is an annotated bibliography of resources on assessment for parents.
Understanding Bias in Assessment Design
Three-page resource from Learner-Centered Initiatives provides brief description, reflective questions and a rubric for self-study in design process to avert bias.
Using Assessment Information to Make Sound Decisions (MAC videoconference– Carol Commodore)
This MAC produced video conference featuring Carol Commodore, co-author of Balanced Assessment Systems, Leadership, Quality and the Role of Classroom Assessment highlights the seven actions needed to achieve a balanced district assessment system.
Using Assessment to Inspire Student Achievement
This paper represents a transcript of the keynote presentation made by Michael Nettles during the 2021 Michigan School Testing Conference (MSTC). In his address, Nettles explores creating assessments that support equity and quality in education for all learners, especially those from emerging, demographically diverse populations.
Using Assessment to Inspire Student Achievement
This paper represents a transcript of the keynote presentation made by Michael Nettles during the 2021 Michigan School Testing Conference (MSTC). In his address, Nettles explores creating assessments that support equity and quality in education for all learners, especially those from emerging, demographically diverse populations.
Using Assessment to Make a Seat at the Table
This article outlines traditional ways fairness in large scale tests are attended to and then moves to how standards of fairness can function in assessment methods and practices that exist at the classroom level to ensure equitable access to assessment that supports and demonstrates learning and achievement.
Using Tests to Evaluate Classroom Teachers
This paper discusses how student achievement tests can be used in teacher evaluation.
Using the Formative Assessment Process to Enhance Student Learning in an Online Environment
In this webinar, experienced K-12 online teachers adapt their formative practices to an online environment. They also feature technology tools that are well designed to illuminate learning targets and collect evidence of student understanding in real time.
Using the MAEIA Assessments to Determine Educator Effectiveness
This paper describes how educators can use performance assessment data to demonstrate their effectiveness.
Video Clip: Margaret Heritage: What conditions does a school district need to create to emphasize and shift assessment practice to more assessment for learning and less assessment of learning?
In this short video Margaret Heritage identifies factors and conditions necessary for districts to integrate and sustain the use of assessment to support learning (AFL) in their assessment system.