Beyond Multiple Choice: The Future of Assessment Beyond Multiple Choice

This episode features guest Dr. Anthony Benners, Innovation Advisor & Senior Psychometrician for the NYC Department of Education. Listen to hear how new digital technologies are transforming language assessment in NYC schools, along with Dr. Benner's perspective on principles for promoting assessment innovation across domains.

SPONSOR:

This episode is sponsored by TAO, by Open Assessment Technologies. 

TAO is the leading open-source digital assessment platform for education and career advancement,  delivering well over 100 million tests, in more than 30 languages worldwide. Unlike proprietary, one-size-fits-all software, TAO gives you the freedom, flexibility, and control to evolve with today’s learners  and provide the testing experience that students deserve. To learn more about building better assessments with TAO visit www.taotesting.com.

Learn more about Beyond Multiple Choice and our events exploring the future of assessment at www.beyond-multiple-choice.com. 

Learning Stories are an assessment tool widely used in New Zealand early childhood education programs. Teachers create Learning Stories to authentically assess students by documenting observed areas of growth that occur through various social and educational activities. 

This episode features Rachel Silva, Director of Business Development for Educa, a Learning Story platform. Listen to gain insight into how Learning Stories can be used to make learning more meaningful by engaging families and deepening student-teacher relationships. 

Learn more about Educa.

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Want to learn more from Rachel and dozens of other learning and assessment professionals? 

Register for our upcoming free, virtual Beyond Multiple Choice conference November 1 - 3!

The theme is "Contexts for Innovation in Assessment."

We'll engage with diverse learning and assessment stakeholders from around the globe, including educators, admin,  researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and technology developers.

Presentations will explore cutting-edge assessment approaches in workforce training, K-12, and Higher Education.

Learn more and register at BeyondMultipleChoice.com.

FEATURED GUEST:

Alli Privitt, High School Instructor, Learning Designer, and Educational Consultant
Alli has worked with over 2000 students in her teaching career & has cultivated expertise for designing learning experiences, on-the-spot problem solving, & helping all students achieve success.

She developed a framework that any facilitator, advisor, coach, leader, and student-facing organization can use to help learners achieve academic success, become more resilient, & fall in love with the learning process.

Connect with Alli on LinkedIn



Timestamps: 

[2:22] Alli shares her personal story that led her to a career in teaching

[7:11] Discussing how Alli's positive early experiences around assessment contributed to her joy for learning

[11:22] How Alli cultivates learning environments where students enjoy the assessment process

[16:42] A cognitive principle that Alli thinks is underemphasized in teacher training

[23:10] Discussing principles of teaching and learning that transcend across various ages and learning environments

[32:01] Alli's vision of learning and assessment in an ideal School of the Future

Rebuilding Public Confidence in Educational Assessment is the title of a forthcoming book by Dr. Mary Richardson, Professor of Educational Assessment at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society.

As a researcher and academic, Dr. Richardon draws on her early experience as a struggling student to inform a deeply empathetic and relational approach to assessment reform. 

Listen to hear her thoughts on what is missing in the current public discourse around assessment and why that should matter to learning professionals everywhere.

Further Resources:

Order Rebuilding Public Confidence in Educational Assessment by Mary Richardson

Follow Mary Richardson on Twitter (@miriched)

Learn more about Beyond Multiple Choice (and register for our upcoming events exploring the future of assessment)

This episode contains a keynote presentation from Beyond Multiple Choice's 2021 April seminar. It is titled “The Future of Assessment Depends on Elevating Culturally-Diverse Leadership” and delivered by Susan Lyons, executive director of the non-profit organization Women in Measurement.

You can find a transcript of the presentation here. 



Further Resources: 

Beyond Multiple Choice

Women in Measurement

Twitter: @susanclyons

Date recorded: October 14th, 2021

In this episode, you'll hear from three educators - at the primary, secondary, and post-secondary levels - about the challenges, changes, and lessons that they've observed in transitioning back to in-person learning. 

Guests: 

Mary Richardson | Professor of Educational Assessment at UCL Institute of Education 

Grahame Smart | Math, Science, and E-Learning Consultant

Alexa Markarian | Assistant Principal at McClure Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma