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Volume I of the Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning offers a theoretical and research-grounded vision for transforming educational assessment into a catalyst for learning. Drawing on contemporary learning sciences, measurement theory, and improvement science, the volume is organized into three sections that offer principled design and conceptual frameworks for integrating assessment with teaching and learning; ground assessment in the social, cultural, and developmental nature of how people learn; and examine how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence might enrich balanced assessment practices while upholding technical requirements of validity: fairness, scientific soundness, utility and creditability. Informed by the vision of the Gordon Commission for the Future of Assessment in Education, this volume explores rethinking assessment as an integral component of pedagogy that informs the processes for learning and its improvement over time rather than just a final evaluation of the status of learning achieved. It provides the foundations for building assessment systems that are human-centered, just, and truly in the service of every learner.

Toward Assessment in the Service of Learning
Edmund W. Gordon
 
Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning Series Preface
Edmund W. Gordon, Stephen G. Sireci, Eleanor Armour-Thomas, Eva L. Baker,
Howard T. Everson, and Eric M. Tucker
 
Foundational Issues of Assessment in the Service of Learning
Eric M. Tucker and Eleanor Armour-Thomas
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VOLUME I | Section 1
Design Principles, Considerations, and Affordances for Assessment in
the Service of Teaching and Learning
 
Measure What Matters for Teaching and Learning, and Measure It Well:
Considering Design Principles and Approaches
Eric M. Tucker and Eleanor Armour-Thomas
 
1. Principles for Assessment in the Service of Learning 
Eva L. Baker, Howard T. Everson, Eric M. Tucker, and Edmund W. Gordon
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2. Arguments in Support of Innovating Assessments 
James W. Pellegrino
 
3. Innovating Assessment Design to Better Measure and Support Learning
Natalie Foster and Mario Piacentini
 
4. Designing for the Future: Toward a R&D Agenda to Promote Inclusive,
Human-centered Assessment Systems
Temple S. Lovelace, Orrin T. Murray, and Laura S. Hamilton
 
5. Designing and Developing Educational Assessments for Contemporary Needs
Kristen Huff
 

VOLUME I | Section 2
Evidence- and Research-Bases that Inform the Design for Assessment
in the Service of Teaching and Learning
 

From How People Learn to Assessment that Serves Learning:
Toward An Assessment Ecosystem Grounded in the Sciences
of Teaching and Learning
Eleanor Armour-Thomas and Eric M. Tucker
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6. The Cultural Foundations of Learning: Design Considerations for
Measurement and Assessment
Roy Pea, Carol Lee, Na'ilah Nasir, and Maxine McKinney de Royston
 
7. Implications of a Dynamic, Relational-Developmental-Systems Perspective
for Research Design, Measurement, and Data Analysis in the Service of
Understanding and Enhancing Youth Development and Learning
Richard M. Lerner and Pamela Cantor
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8. Perspectives on Socioculturally Responsive Assessment in
Large-Scale Systems
Aneesha Badrinarayan, Randy E. Bennett, and Linda Darling-Hammond
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9. Mind Frames for Improving Educational Assessment
John Hattie, Stephen G. Sireci, and Eva L. Baker
 
​10. Dynamic Pedagogy: A Perspective for Integrating Curriculum, Instruction,
and Assessment in the Service of Learning at the Classroom Level
Eleanor Armour-Thomas
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11. Assessment as a Pillar of Pedagogy in Support of Learning in AP Research
and Mathematics Education Courses
Eleanor Armour-Thomas, Jacqueline Darvin, and Gerunda B. Hughes
 
12. Reimagining State Assessments in Service of Teaching and Learning: Design
Principles for Instructionally Relevant Assessments
Aneesha Badrinarayan
 
13. Conceptualizing and Evaluating Instructionally Useful Assessments 
Scott F. Marion and Carla M. Evans
 
14. Practical Measurement for Improvement: Foundations, Design, Rigor 
Paul LeMahieu and Paul Cobb
 

Volume I | Section 3

Emerging Technologies in Educational Assessment
 

Harnessing Emerging Technologies:
Innovation To Assess, To Teach, To Learn
Eric M. Tucker and Eleanor Armour-Thomas
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15. Efficacy, Validity and Fairness Considerations in AI-Driven Assessments 
Kadriye Ercikan
 
16. Responsible Artificial Intelligence for Test Equity and Quality:
The Duolingo English Test as a Case Study 
Jill Burstein, Geoffrey T. LaFlair, Kevin Yancey, Alina A. von Davier, and Ravit Dotan
 
17. It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift in Educational Measurement 
Pamela Cantor and Kate Felsen
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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Reflections on the Foundations for Assessment in the Service of Learning
Eleanor Armour-Thomas, Sheryl L. Gómez, and Eric M. Tucker
 

Handbook for the Assessment in the Service of Learning

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