Rethinking assessment systems
to reduce testing and provide timely, actionable feedback
Fewer, Better, Fairer Tests
Assessment results offer insights about what students know and can do. Although testing is only one measure of student progress, it’s important — the results provide objective, meaningful feedback that supports student learning.
But we’re listening to educators and parents, too. You’ve said that teachers and students spend too much time on testing.
Find out how we’re thinking about the move to fewer, better, fairer assessments and investing in new technologies that can reduce and alleviate the stress of test time.
Back to basics: Why assess?
Different types of assessments answer different types of questions.
Beyond testing
Assessment doesn’t have to be a multiple-choice test. New technology can enable deeper, better insights about student skills and knowledge than traditional assessment methods.
Processing assessments
Learn how two Iowa facilities process 25 million booklets and materials every year.
The long road of creating a test question
Before any question makes it onto a student’s test, many experts and educators have reviewed it.