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The Architecture of Inference: Appreciating Robert Mislevy’s Evidence-Centered Design in the Age of AI

Eric Tucker

Nov 5, 2025

Explore the insights of Robert Mislevy on assessment scores and learning contexts, merging language and subject knowledge complexities.

Competency-Based Education

From Aspiration to Application: Working Examples of Assessment in the Service of Learning

Edmund W. Gordon, Eva L. Baker, Howard T. Everson, Eric Tucker

Oct 29, 2025

For decades, educators have aspired to transform educational tests and assessments from merely means of evaluating students’ progress into catalysts for learning—a vision championed by Edmund W. Gordon. The third volume in the Handbook of Assessment in the Service of Learning series reflects a shift from aspiration to…

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Competency-Based Education

Reconceptualizing Assessment in the Service of Learning

Eric Tucker, Edmund W. Gordon, Stephen G. Sireci

Oct 22, 2025

Explore the concept of reconceptualizing assessment to enhance learning beyond traditional measurement and ranking methods.

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Learner-Centered

Grounding Assessment in the Service of Learning

Eric Tucker, Edmund W. Gordon, Eleanor Armour-Thomas

Oct 14, 2025

Assessment can be made more effective, personalized, and educative if we intentionally design and deploy AI in alignment with these principles of fairness, validity, and human development.

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Competency-Based Education

Advancing Assessment in the Service of Learning

Edmund W. Gordon, Eric Tucker

Oct 8, 2025

Reimagining assessment to serve learning, not just grading. Explore the Handbook for Assessment in the Service of Learning for innovation in education.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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