What Use is Educational Assessment?
The NAEd and the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) held a workshop of paper writers and discussants addressing the uses of educational assessment which will culminate in a May 2019 edition of the AAPSS The ANNALS. The workshop aimed to provide an updated account of the status of assessment in American schools as a foundation for improved policy thinking in the decades ahead.
Michael Feuer, James Pellegrino, and Amy Berman will co-edit The ANNALS volume. With attention to key policy, organizational, and technological developments affecting educational assessment, the volume will focus on the topics listed below and will incorporate feedback from each of the coinciding panels.
The ANNALS — Published May 2019
Workshop on Educational Assessments
Panel 1: The History of Assessments in American Education
Testing in the United States: PK-12 Education
Maris Vinovskis, University of Michigan
Testing in the United States: Higher Education
Michael Nettles, Princeton University
Discussants
Douglas Reed, Georgetown University
Bill Trent, University of Illinois
Panel 2: Assessments for System Monitoring
The US Example
Erin Fahle, Stanford University
Benjamin Shear, University of Colorado
Kenneth Shores, University of Pennsylvania
International Comparisons
Henry Braun, Boston College
Judith Singer, Harvard University
Discussant
Jack Buckley, American Institutes for Research
Panel 3: Assessments for System Accountability
Testing, Accountability, and School Improvement
Susanna Loeb, Brown University
Erika Nakamatsu Byun, Stanford University
Testing, Accountability, and the American Economy
Eric Hanushek, Stanford University
Discussant
Richard Murnane, Harvard University
Panel 4: Assessments for Selection and Placement
The Role of Admissions Tests
Rebecca Zwick, UC Santa Barbara
Diagnosis and Placement
Jennifer Frey, George Washington University
Discussants
Bill Trent, University of Illinois
Maggie McLaughlin, University of Maryland, College Park
Panel 5: Assessments for Classroom Teaching and Learning
Classroom Assessment to Support Teaching and Learning
Lorrie Shepard, University of Colorado Boulder
Discussant
Richard Lehrer, Vanderbilt University
Panel 6, Part 1: Toward the Future: Advances in the Science of Measurement and Cognition
Advances in Measurement and Cognition
Robert Mislevy, Educational Testing Service
Assessing Complex Patterns
Knut Neumann, IPN Germany
Heike Theyßen, University of Duisburg-Essen
Horst Schecker, Universität Bremen
Discussant
Scott Marion, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment
Panel 6, Part 2: Toward the Future: Advances in the Science of Measurement and Cognition
A Use-Case of a Research-Practice Partnership in Science Education
William Penuel, University of Colorado
Douglas Watkins, Denver Public Schools
Complex Performances in Digital Environments
John Behrens, Pearson
Kristen DiCerbo, Pearson
Peter Foltz, Pearson
Discussants
Richard Lehrer, Vanderbilt University
Katie McMillan Culp, New York Hall of Science
Panel 7: Policy Implications
Carl Cohn, Claremont Graduate University
Rebecca Maynard, University of Pennsylvania