What Really Matters When Choosing an Assessment
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Learn the 3 key criteria for choosing an assessment: insightful data, meaningful insights, and coherent systems that drive student growth and support teachers.
About Kristen Huff
Kristen Huff, M.Ed., Ed.D., is Head of Measurement at Curriculum Associates, where she leads a team of assessment designers, psychometricians, data scientists, and researchers developing online assessments integrated with personalized learning and teacher-led instruction. Previously, she served as a senior fellow with the New York State Education Department and held leadership roles at several major assessment organizations. Kristen has more than 25 years of experience in K–12 large-scale assessment design and validation and has presented and published widely in educational measurement. She served as a technical advisor for the 2026 NAEP Frameworks in Reading and Mathematics and is the first author of the forthcoming Educational Measurement, 5th Edition (Oxford University Press).
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Interim Assessments: Striking the Balance between Insight and Instruction
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Learn how interim assessments like i-Ready Inform provide detailed, domain-level data that helps teachers identify specific skills students have mastered and areas requiring targeted support.