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We’re excited to announce the publishing of, “A Framework for Enacting Equity Aims in Assessment Use,” in the open-access volume, “Culturally Responsive Assessment in Classrooms and Large-Scale Contexts. 🌟

This chapter introduces a framework for justice-oriented assessment use to evaluate the appropriateness of proposed uses of educational assessments within culturally and linguistically diverse societies.

A huge thank you to co-authors Maria Elena Oliveri and Mya Poe and book editors Carla Evans and Cathy Taylor for making this possible!

Thank you to the National Urban League and UnidosUS for inviting Susan Lyons and Akil Bello to lead an interactive session with key stakeholder groups on trends and developments in assessment and accountability across the country.

We are proud to contribute to Broadening Perspectives: The Future of Assessment and Accountability.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Check out Lyons Assessment Consulting at CCSSO’s National Conference on Student Assessment in Seattle! Susan Lyons will be presenting in two sessions along with colleagues and assessment experts, Andre Rupp, Chris Brandt, Lillian Pace, Sarah Snipes, Gretchen Morgan, Anne Hyslop, Chris Domaleski, and Dave Powell.

Dr. Susan Lyons is speaking at the Yale School of Management’s Education Leadership Conference on April 19, 2024. The session entitled, “Testing Innovation and Competency-Based Learning” is moderated by Titilayo Tinubu Ali. Lyons will be joined on the panel by Cheryl Harmon and Rebecca Wilutz.

Dr. Susan Lyons’ perspective, along with Drs. Michael Walker and Michael Rodriguez on gender and racial equity in educational measurement is featured in Diverse Education.

Dr. Susan Lyons is a featured guest, speaking about student-centered assessment along with Dr. Temple Lovelace on Grantmakers for Education podcast, The Future of Smart.