As states place greater emphasis on durable skills—such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and adaptability—state boards of education face a pivotal question: How can we assess these skills in ways that are credible, understandable, and aligned with state policy goals?
Join us for a webinar on March 6, at 1:00 pm ET, to explore key themes in NASBE’s latest issue of the State Education Standard on “skills of value” and discuss the landscape of available assessment tools and their tradeoffs.
Following the hour-long webinar, state board members are invited to attend a members-only conversation with speakers from 2 to 2:30 pm ET to dive deeper into state policy considerations for implementing skill-based assessments.
This webinar will feature:
- Laura Slover, ETS
- Shaun Kellogg, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
- Scott Bess, Indiana State Board of Education
- Carla Evans, Center for Assessment, (as moderator)
These experts will
- define skill-based assessments and how these approaches differ from traditional summative tests;
- review the range of skill-based assessment tools states and districts are using, including performance tasks, portfolios, capstones, simulations, and skills profiles;
- understand how state education leaders are supporting skill-based assessments through pilots, guidance, validation frameworks, and accountability alignment; and
- weigh key tradeoffs around skill-based assessments, including between comparability and flexibility, validity and scalability, innovation and burden, and local control and statewide coherence.