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For every child, multiple measures
What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
May 17, 2012
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Today’s Agenda
• Introductions• Study overview and context – Charles Merritt, NWEA• Key findings – Peter Grunwald, Grunwald Associates LLC• Recommendations for policymakers and educators
– Charles Merritt, NWEA• Panel discussion
o Peter Grunwald, Grunwald Associates LLCo Patrick Murphy, Superintendent, Arlington Public Schoolso Krista Vega, Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools
• Audience Q&A
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
• Unprecedented opportunity to hear from key constituencies about their preferences
• Considering assessment in transition to Common Core• Shift in federal-level reform movement—encouraging
states to create local buy-in
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
About This Study
• Nationally representative U.S. sample; public & private schools
• 1,024 K-12 classroom teachers• 1,009 parents of K-12 students• 200 district administrators• Definitions of key terminology• Three 20-minute online surveys
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Key Findings
• Focus on the Child
• Measure a Full Range of Subjects and Skills
• Make Decisions Locally
• Formative and Interim Assessments Perceived as More Valuable
• Money, Time and Stress: Are Assessments Worth the Costs?
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Focus on the Child
Parent Perceptions
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Focus on the Child
Teacher and AdministratorPerceptions
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Measure a FullRange of Skills
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Measure a Full Range of Subjects
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Make Decisions Locally
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Formative and Interim Assessments Perceived as More ValuableBy Parents
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Formative and Interim Assessments Perceived as More ValuableBy Educators
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Comparing Students is More Important to Parents Than to Educators
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Parents Find Summative Assessments Most Useful for Making Student Comparisons
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Timeliness of Assessment Results Matters
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Many Parents and Most Educators Believe Too Much Money is Spent on Assessment
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Recommendations for Policymakers, Assessment Developers and Education Leaders
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Recommendations for Policymakers, Assessment Developers and Education Leaders
• How can we broaden the dialogue beyond summative assessments and high-stakes accountability?
• Where are the opportunities to broaden the curriculum we assess? To take the full measure of student learning?
• What innovative measures exist or should be developed to measure the application of thinking, learning and life skills?
• How can we support local decision making on assessment and other aspects of teaching and learning?
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What Parents and Educators Want from K-12 Assessments
Panelists
• Peter Grunwald, Grunwald Associates LLC• Patrick Murphy, Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools• Krista Vega, Teacher, Montgomery County Public Schools
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Learn More at nwea.org:*Download the full report and executive summary
*View video interviews with key stakeholders
*Explore an infographic highlighting key findings