We put assessment to work in the service of learning. Assessment is not separate from good instruction, but an integral process for gathering evidence and making meaning.”
Trusted
Expertise
We are trusted by top-tier institutions and are frequently invited to present our work at professional and academic conferences, including at the Yale Educational Leadership Conference and at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Small Business
We are a 100% Women-Owned Small Business and certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration
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Business Partners
We have access to a wide network of highly-skilled small business partners to help us maintain a large set of corporate capabilities and better serve the full range of needs presented by our clients
Commitment
to Service
Lyons Assessment Consulting donates 10% of Susan Lyons’ time to lead Women in Measurement, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of gender and racial equity in the field of educational measurement
October 2024
The purpose of this report is to encourage innovation in state assessment by providing recommendations on revisions to the peer review guidance that address the unique evidentiary considerations for assessment models that depart from the status quo. The expert-backed recommendations in this report are designed to give confidence to states that the peer review process is flexible and can accommodate variations in assessment models, improve the quality of state submissions by expanding on the types of evidence that would be appropriate to submit, and signal to peer reviewers that there are often many different legitimate ways to provide evidence in support of the critical elements, especially in the context of innovative models.
October 2024
We’ve been busy conferencing in September. Earlier this month, Dr. Susan Lyons presented at NCME’s Classroom Assessment Conference with partners at the Chicago Public Schools, Peter Leonard, Sasha Klyachkina, and colleagues Aneesha Badrinarayan and Erika Landl to share a new framework for culturally conscious assessment. Last week, Susan served as a panelist with Juan D’Brot and Ye Tong at the Center for Assessment’s RILS conference to discuss Trailblazing Transformations in the area of assessment use and consequences.
July 2024
Excited to announce that Susan Lyons and Nicholas Munyan-Penney will be presenting with EdTrust about Inclusive Assessments to school board leaders at the upcoming School Board Partners conference in San Antonio, TX.
July 2024
Lyons Assessment Consulting has been selected to participate in the K12 Research for Equity Hub’s second research cycle, managed by EduDream. We are partnering with KnowledgeWorks and the Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services to study the compatibility of a fully performance-based assessment system with federal policy guardrails.
