Use Assessment for Rapid Pedagogical Improvements

Goal 1: Improve measurement of student learning over time

1.1: Identify measurement strategies to evaluate the impact of using assessment to effect pedagogical changes

1.2: Promote strategies that effectively measure student learning over time

Goal 2: Increase the use of assessment to guide rapid and equitable improvements in pedagogy

2.1: Identify equitable assessment practices that guide rapid improvements in pedagogy

2.2: Translate research to teaching practices that guide rapid pedagogical improvements

2.3 Broaden the use of data-driven rapid improvements to pedagogy

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