Experts on education assessment and policy from around the country will participate in a symposium on June 12 in De Neve Plaza to discuss the reports of the Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in Education.
The reports call for state and federal policymakers to make substantial changes to K-12 assessments and re-direct the existing focus on the use of test results.
Signaling a shift from high-stakes consequences for students, schools, and teachers, “the primary purpose of assessment ought to be to inform and improve teaching and learning,” said Edmund W. Gordon, chairperson of the Gordon Commission.
The commission’s report, "To Assess, To Teach, To Learn: A Vision for the Future of Assessment," comes amid adoption by 45 states of the Common Core State Standards, expected to be measured by one of two technology-based tests beginning in the 2014-15 academic year.
The event is co-sponsored by the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS), the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education, and the Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment in Education.
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