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Additional Examples of Evidence for Peer Review: Recommendations for Supporting Innovative State Assessment Systems
October 2024
Description
The report "Additional Examples of Evidence for Peer Review: Recommendations for Supporting Innovative State Assessment Systems," provides strategic recommendations for enhancing the peer review process for state assessments. The report is designed to encourage innovation in state assessment systems while maintaining the high standards required by the U.S. Department of Education's peer review process.
The recommendations are divided into three categories: aligning the peer review process with its intended purpose, surfacing proven opportunities for innovation, and clarifying unexplored opportunities. Key recommendations include encouraging states to clearly define assessment components, providing examples of validity evidence, and expanding examples to include innovative scoring methods, such as AI-enabled scoring and diagnostic classification models. By expanding the examples of acceptable evidence for innovative assessments, the report seeks to empower states to pursue new assessment models while ensuring compliance with federal standards. These recommendations aim to support states in developing more flexible, equitable, and innovative assessment systems under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).