Greetings from NeKentucky :) Bren Martin

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Peter Talmers - Chicago

Hello all. Randy Spaulding, ED, Washington State Board of Education

Hello, everyone - this is Lu Young, Kentucky Board of Ed.

Eric Martell, Chicago

Get our latest Standard on Assessment here: https://www.nasbe.org/next-generation-assessment/

Find Lynn's article here: https://www.nasbe.org/a-shifting-landscape-for-state-testing/ (great historical context on the issue!)

Abby's article here on assessment and innovation: https://www.nasbe.org/how-a-crisis-can-transform-learning-teaching-and-assessment/

And Chris's here on accountability and assessment balancing - https://www.nasbe.org/breakthrough-or-breakdown-school-accountability-in-flux/

Hello @LuYoung! I’m a parent and education advocate in Ne KY of Appalachian- Greenup County :) bdrumartin@hotmail.com :)

Hi, Bren - it’s so nice to have a fellow Kentuckian in today’s session. Nice to meet you! My email is lu.young@education.ky.gov

Thanks! I was on the KBE retreat and Reg mtg call and noticed you were willing to send 5 to NASBE annual conf, but had less. I’m willing to go if that can be arranged! :)

Good question! How are we monitoring loss of info over the pandemic school outage and are we comparing that to the regular summer slide?

I’m a parent and I recognize that not all students had the same access to technology and internet so I don’t assume all students lost the same. Some parents still had to work more and couldn’t be as engaged as some to make sure learning took place.

Bren Martin in Ne Ky @bdrumartin (Feel free to share more info)

Link to Aspen Report: https://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/this-is-not-a-test-this-is-an-emergency-special-considerations-for-assessing-and-advancing-equity-in-school-year-2020-21/

Thank you for that acknowledgment of inequities for African-Americans, Hispanics, Low-income and students with disabilities -Bren

And students with disabilities!

I happen to agree with DeVos’s point in her letter: Parents agree. A recent survey conducted by the Data Quality Campaign showed that nearly 90 percent of parents want information about how school closures affect students.4 Additionally, 77 percent of parents agree that states should resume administration of statewide summative assessments in math and reading in 2021 to better understand how well schools and students are meeting academic standards in the wake of the pandemic

Yes Ms. Lynn Olson!

Good points, but many of us advocates are willing to to help parents to understand - Utilize us to help :)

Thank you.

Also Thanks Robert Hull! Thanks Chris, Lynn and Abby. This is good stuff NASBE! :)

Thanks for joining us today. Be on the look out for follow up with a link to the recording and additional resources mentioned.

This dialogue has been super helpful. Thank you for the insight and recommendations and kudos to NASBE for always being

in touch with State Board needs.

@Brenda and @Christina - thank you very much. So glad this webinar was useful.

You’re welcome! :)

Thank you!

Thank you NASBE!

Love that RH - “Assessments as a Catalyst for Conversation!”