Accepting Responsibility for Equitable Educational Opportunities Through a Statewide Collaborative to Support High-Quality Performance Assessments

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

There is a need to bridge the divide between the educational research community and the contexts in which its scholarship is produced, disseminated, and implemented. This symposium will feature a statewide collaborative of practitioners, researchers, and technical assistance providers who have accepted joint responsibility to support the equitable, high-quality implementation of student performance assessments in California, particularly through 12th grade “portfolio” and “capstone” defenses of learning. This collaborative has yielded mutually beneficial research on the conditions necessary to support implementation of performance assessments in school districts, with the aim to create equitable and sustainable systems and practices even during COVID-19 closures. The symposium will present the findings from this research and highlight perspectives from multiple stakeholders engaged in the collaborative.

Sub Unit

• Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools / Division H - Section 3: Assessment in Schools

Chair

• Anna Maier, Learning Policy Institute

Papers

• Establishing a Statewide Performance Assessment Collaborative: A Theory of Change for Practitioner-Driven Research Engagement - Julie Kessler, San Francisco Unified School District

• Findings From a District-Level Multiple-Case Study of a Statewide Performance Assessment Collaborative in California - Anna Maier, Learning Policy Institute; Julie Adams, Learning Policy Institute; Dion Burns, Learning Policy Institute; Maya Kaul, University of Pennsylvania; Marisa Saunders, University of California - Los Angeles; Charlotte Thompson, Learning Policy Institute

• Identifying District Levers for Improvement and Sustained Implementation of Performance Assessments Through Responsible Partnership - Young Whan Choi, Oakland Unified School District

• Partnering With Local Program Leaders to Support Rigorous Performance Assessment for Students Furthest From Opportunity - Ruth Chung Wei, Envision Education

Discussant

• Esther Soliman, LA Unified School District