Resource Bank

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.

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.

Article identifies role of schools and potential of assessment practice and system to contribute productively to education

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.

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.

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.

This article provides Susan Brookhart's recommended list of assessment literacy resources.

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.

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.

This blog post authored by Carol Commodore for Corwin outlines how  strong school culture is supported by a balanced, quality assessment system.

Since development of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), many resources have been developed by CCSSO and others to develop quality assessments that align to the CCSS.