Assessment for Good Podcast

Assessment for Good, a podcast from the Center for Collaborative Education, grapples with our experiences with traditional, and often oppressive, educational assessment practices. What if we could design assessments that help us understand what our students know and can do while ensuring love and compassion are not lost in the process? Our podcast explores what Assessment for Good looks like in schools and classrooms, so we can change assessment for good.

Assessment for Good is available here and wherever you get your podcasts!

Episode 2: What Does a Quality School Look Like?

What makes a good school good? In this episode, we're talking about school quality with MCIEA's Peter Piazza and James Noonan. How do current measures of school accountability impact our students and teachers? Is there a better way that takes into account what our communities truly value in their schools?

Further Learning

Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment
MCIEA School Quality Measures and Framework
Beyond Test Scores: Introducing the MCIEA School Quality Measures
Five Ways of Looking at School Quality (That Aren't Test Scores)
School Diversity Notebook

Episode 1: The Why of Performance Assessment

In our first episode, we explore the why of performance assessment. How do performance assessments change our approach to public education, helping us to better serve all students? Carisa and Soraya explore the power of performance assessments through their own personal experiences as teachers.

Further Learning
Know Your Why by Michael Jr.
Quality Performance Assessment
Quality Performance Assessment Blueprints
Performance Assessment and Civics Education at Pyne Arts School

Episode 0: Assessment for Good Trailer

Introducing Assessment for Good - a new podcast from the Center for Collaborative Education!