In Pursuit of Transformation: Five Years of Investments in Assessment and Accountability Innovation
Since 2018, more than 90 organizations have worked in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Walton Family Foundation to advance innovative designs of assessment and accountability systems, as well as new policy ideas, research, tools and resources to support better learning outcomes for students nationwide. The investments and efforts have led to:
- Improvements in and development of several new statewide summative assessment models.
- Better interim and formative assessment products, especially in science.
- New data systems and infrastructure in service of communicating information to families and communities.
- Support for a robust, diverse and bipartisan advocacy community committed to improving systems of assessment and accountability.
- Better research infrastructure, tools and resources to disseminate learning and use data more equitably and effectively.
- Fundamental shifts in discourse and understanding of the importance of expanded definitions of student success and school quality, and the value of authentic community and stakeholder input in advancing more equitable solutions to transform K12 education.
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