A Systems Perspective: Assessment Practice to Accelerate Learning in 2020-21
The recorded interview and Summary Handout features Ed Roeber, MAC Assessment Director. The interview suggests emphasizing the use of IEA's and formative practices with grade-level standards to support & accelerate learning.
A Thoughtful Educators Guide to Interim/Benchmark Assessment
This 20-page guide by Jim Gullen, PhD, is written with the aim to help the reader understand interim/benchmark assessments in the broader context of a balanced assessment system. Further, it addresses some of the characteristics of interim/benchmark assessments and how they are constructed. Gullen explores several potential uses of these types of assessments and addresses relevant issues related to each use.
Back-to-School 2020 Resources—Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
This page by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence includes resources, articles, and free webinars to address the emotional needs as communities head back to school.
Balanced Assessment Learning Points
Balanced Assessment Systems: Redefining Excellence In Assessment
Article identifies role of schools and potential of assessment practice and system to contribute productively to education
BBAF-Field Notes: Building a Better Assessment Future—one story at a time
This video records a session during the Building a Better Assessment Future 2022 Conference in which four practitioners, using a TED-talk-like format, tell how they have applied their Michigan Assessment Consortium learning and how it is helping them build a better assessment future for their students. You'll hear from: Lindy Beckman, Ryleigh Scott, Ninette Soares, and Kristy Walters, along with moderator Steven Snead.
BBAF Unplugged: Coffee, conversation, and connections to your work (BBAF22)
On day two of the Building a Better Assessment Future conference, we invited our keynote presenters to kick off a conversation where we collectively reflected on what they'd heard during the two-day conference and how our learning connects to our work moving forward.
Beliefs and Guidelines Self-Assessment Worksheet
This tool provides a quick start for a building or district team to consider their shared beliefs and understandings about assessment data and how it should and should not be used.
Bibliography of Assessment Literacy Resources 2016
This article provides Susan Brookhart's recommended list of assessment literacy resources.
Book Chat with Jay McTighe
In this MAC Book Chat, author Jay McTighe discusses his book, "Assessing Student Learning by Design: Principles and Practices for Teachers and School Leaders" (Teachers College Press, 2021). Jay also co-authored with Grant Wiggins the best-selling "Understanding by Design" published by ASCD.
Book Chat with Margaret Heritage
In this book chat, you'll enjoy a 12-minute "conversation" with Margaret Heritage, co-author of the 2020 book, "Formative Assessment in the Disciplines: Framing a Continuum of Professional Learning," available from Harvard Education Press at www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/formative-assessment-in-the-disciplines. Margaret chats about why she wrote the book, reflects on some key take-aways for educators, and hints at a new project she undertook in 2021.
Can Balanced, Quality Assessment Practices Positively Impact School Culture?
This blog post authored by Carol Commodore for Corwin outlines how strong school culture is supported by a balanced, quality assessment system.