The Crucial Assist: Developing and Sustaining the Classroom Assessment Field’s Work in the Modern Era

We invite colleagues to engage in a series of field development and knowledge mobilization meetups. These meetups are purposed to (a) build our community of educators and leaders, (b) provide support to one another and our work, and (c) illuminate challenges our field faces in the modern era. These events will be an opportunity for early, mid-, and established career scholars to discuss core issues in doing important research in the modern era and to consider the next steps. These events are co-sponsored by the:

• American Education Research Association’s Classroom Assessment SIG
• National Council on Measurement in Education’s Classroom Assessment Committee
• National Council on Measurement in Education’s Assessment and Measurement to Support Classroom Learning SIGIMIE

Session Details

Classroom assessment researchers communicate with one another through publications, conferences, and email, but have few open opportunities to meet, share wisdom and practical advice, and strategize future steps in our work. This online session is an opportunity that can help spur the development and sustainability of our field in the modern era.

After a brief introduction to the session (~5 minutes), participants will have their choice of breakout rooms with open discussions of three overarching questions to be facilitated by established classroom assessment scholars (~45 minutes). We’ll return as a full group to share a summary of the discussions (~10 minutes):

1. What classroom assessment research and synthesis studies are needed and how do they inform contemporary research? Facilitated by James McMillan and Christopher DeLuca.
2. How and where should I publish my research work for practitioners/policy-makers? Facilitated by Susan Brookhart and Caroline Wylie.
3. How do I build an interdisciplinary background for my research and get my research funded? Facilitated by Erin Furtak and Christian Ydesen.

All—across student and career stages—are welcome to join the conversation!