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Volume III of the Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning bridges the gap between aspiration and application, by translating core design principles into practice through a collection of examples. This volume presents tangible "existence proofs" from a broad range of educational contexts—including digital learning platforms, PreK–12 classrooms, game-based learning environments, and skills-based credentialing programs. Each worked example can be understood through three complementary lenses: assessment as an evidentiary argument, as a feedback loop, and as a social practice. This framework reveals how thoughtfully designed assessment systems with actionable feedback can balance the need for evidence of learning. By showcasing assessments that are seamlessly integrated with learning and instruction, this volume advances the proposition that to assess is, fundamentally, to teach and to learn. It offers practical models and designs that embed assessment within instruction to cultivate skills and support meaningful learning.

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

 
From Aspiration to Application: Working Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning
Eva L. Baker, Howard T. Everson, and Eric M. Tucker
 
1. Practical Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning at PBS KIDS
Jeremy Dane Roberts, Jessica Wise Younger, Kelly Corrado, Cosimo Felline, and Silvia Lovato
2. Assessment in the Service of Learning: An Example from AP® Art and Design
Rebecca Stone-Danahy, David S. Escoffery, Natalya Tabony, and Trevor Packer
3. Research & Development Contributions to Assessment, Learning, Games, and Technology
Eva L. Baker and Gregory K. W. K. Chung
4. Next Generation Science Standards: Challenges and Illustrations of Designing Assessments that Serve Learning
James W. Pellegrino and Howard T. Everson
5. Formative Assessment in a Digital Learning Platform
Kristen DiCerbo
6. Game-Based Assessment: Practical Lessons from the Field
Jack Buckley and Erica Snow
7. From Evaluation to Impact: Transforming Assessment into a Tool for Learning
Michelle Odemwingie and Kimberly Cockrell
8. Assessment as a Catalyst for Identity Development, Skill Cultivation, and Social Impact
Saskia Op den Bosch, Jennifer Charlot, Clarissa Deverel-Rico, and Susan Lyons
9. Learning to Read Doesn’t End in Third Grade: Supporting Older Readers’ Literacy Development with a Validated Foundational Skills Assessment
Rebecca Sutherland, Mary-Celeste Schreuder, and Carrie Townley-Flores
10. A Skills-Based Vision for Assessment, Insight, and Educational Improvement
Ou Lydia Liu, Lei Liu, David Sherer, and Paul G. LeMahieu
11. Centering the Voices of Assessment Users in the Advancement of Early
Learning Measures

Emily C. Hanno, Elizabeth Mokyr Horner, Ximena A. Portilla, and JoAnn Hsueh
12.  Open Badges as Assessment Innovation: From Digital Media Revolution to AI-Enabled Futures
Constance Yowell and Girlie C. Delacruz
13.  Beyond Measurement: Assessment as a Catalyst for Personalizing Learning and Improving Outcomes
Anastasia Betts, Sunil Gunderia, Diana Hughes, V. Elizabeth Owen,
and Hee Jin Bang

 
Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning Volume III Afterword
Eva L. Baker, Howard T. Everson, and Eric M. Tucker
 
Principles for Assessment Design and Use in the Service of Learning
Eva Baker, Howard Everson, Eric Tucker, Edmund W. Gordon

Handbook for the Assessment in the Service of Learning

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