Long bike rides, alone and with others, have taught Caroline Wylie important lessons about the things teachers need most in their professional learning communities. How are biking and PLCs related? Caroline explains it all for you. bit.ly/3sEWH8m #studentlearning

“Keep it simple.” We hear this a lot when we work with states to design school accountability systems. We can—and should—build simpler models. bit.ly/3Zq0CCB @CDomaleski breaks down how you can strike the right balance and get a high-quality system.

What can we learn about teacher PLCs from riding in a bicycle paceline? A lot. Read Caroline Wylie nciea.org/blog/building-…

And it begins! Scott Marion opens our annual conference -- the Reidy Interactive Lecture Series, better known as RILS -- with a call to action: make accountability better. #RILS2023

This is the sound of ed folks discussing why we should change #schoolaccountability... an exercise led by Carla Evans and conda wuerthner at our annual conference #RILS2023 nciea.org/event/the-2023…

What's gone wrong with #schoolaccountability? Plenty, judging from our lively table discussions. And this is just a sampling. Theme: We can do better. #RILS2023

More ways #schoolaccountability needs to improve, according to attendees at our annual conference. #RILS2023

Some of that magical thinking that can happen when we imagine how #schoolaccountability connects to school improvement. :-) #RILS2023

The co-authors of our paper on improving #schoolaccountability now (yes, right now!) lead discussion at our annual conference, #RILS2023. What? You haven't read our paper? Read it! nciea.org/library/the-pa…

If you prefer watching & listening to reading, we've got you! We explored the key issues in our #schoolaccountability paper in a webinar, too. Watch it here. nciea.org/library/the-pa…

Karen Quanbeck on district accountability in Colorado: "local control on steroids," where district choose indicators such as graduation requirements. Colorado Education Initiative #RILS2023

Consortium of 8 Mass districts working on new forms of #schoolaccountability emphasizing performance assessment & locally chosen indicators of school quality. Julie Spencer-Robinson and Jack Schneider present on the work-in-progress. #RILS2023

Augusta Smith from CPS - Chicago Public Schools describes the district's top-to-bottom overhaul of its accountability system, which dropped a single summative rating. This & other presentations about local accountability offer great food for thought about state accountability. #RILS2023

The school accreditation process emphasizes reflection, peer-review, self-assessment. Can it help us reimagine #schoolaccountability? Cognia raises the question. #RILS2023

The Every Student Succeeds Act won't always be the law of the land. At some point (!), the ESEA will be reauthorized. How should #testing and #schoolaccountability requirements change? Scott Marion leads a brainstorming exercise at our annual conference. #RILS2023

This is the sound of brainstorming about how the ESEA -- the main federal law for K-12 education -- should change. State dept of ed folks, philanthropy, researchers, they're all here at our annual conference, debating #testing and #schoolaccountability requirements. #RILS2023i

State testing in K-12 schools has long been criticized for many reasons. We studied the tradeoffs necessary to reduce its footprint. Scott Marion and @WilliamLorie present our early findings. nciea.org/blog/can-we-re…

What happens to annual reports on student learning if we cut back K-12 testing? There are ways to reduce testing and still deliver meaningful annual reports for parents. Scott Marion explains it all for you. #K12testing #studentlearning nciea.org/blog/need-for-…

Good formative assessment strategies are essential for good teaching and learning. But the pressure of standardized tests can hijack this important practice. In a new blog post, Caroline Wylie explains how we can protect it. loom.ly/jUgdjP0 #studentlearning #testing

Be an intern at the Center! We're seeking up to 3 doctoral students in measurement/policy. App deadline is Feb. 16. More details, and the application, here. nciea.org/about-us/inter…