Innovations in reporting & assessment
Emerging technologies allow for a variety of methods to assess students and report data specific to the needs of different stakeholders. These various approaches can result in assessments that are more engaging for students, along with reporting that provides more insightful, useful information for students, families, and educators.
Researchers can detect when students aren’t trying on computerized tests
A testing company spots disengaged students who are guessing answers too quickly.
The Hechinger Report
Topics: Equity, Innovations in reporting & assessment, School & test engagement
Why we’re all-in on student test engagement
A lack of test engagement can negatively impact scores. Learn about NWEA’s work to prevent and mitigate impacts of rapid guessing.
Topics: School & test engagement, Innovations in reporting & assessment
Can test metadata help schools measure social-emotional learning?
Social-emotional learning (SEL) competencies like self-efficacy and conscientiousness can be predictive of long-term academic achievement. But they can also be difficult to measure. In a new study led by NWEA’s James Soland, researchers investigated whether assessment metadata – the way students approach tests and surveys – can provide useful SEL data to schools and educators. Soland joins CPRE research specialist Tesla DuBois to discuss his findings, their implications, and the promise and limitations of student metadata in general.
Consortium for Policy Research in Education Knowledge Hub podcast
Topics: School & test engagement, Innovations in reporting & assessment, Social-emotional learning
The impact of technology-enhanced items on test-taker disengagement
Can technology-enhanced items increase student engagement on assessments? A new study provides insight.
Topics: School & test engagement, Innovations in reporting & assessment
The impact of proctor notification when students disengage
How do you help make sure students give their best effort on testing day? New research on student test engagement shows how proctor notification can make a significant impact.
Topics: Measurement & scaling, Innovations in reporting & assessment, School & test engagement
In this study we conducted a literature review to investigate whether assessment metadata (typically data relevant to how students behave on a test or survey) can provide information on SEL constructs. Implications of this new source of SEL data for practice, policy, and research are discussed.
Topics: School & test engagement, Innovations in reporting & assessment, Social-emotional learning
The emerging science of test-taking disengagement
Student performance on standardized tests reflects more than just mastery of the material.
Topics: Measurement & scaling, Innovations in reporting & assessment, School & test engagement
