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Classroom Assessment Field Development and Knowledge Mobilization Meetups

We’re excited to invite you to two upcoming virtual meetups designed to bring our classroom assessment community together for meaningful conversation, fresh ideas, and shared learning. Whether you’re looking to connect, reflect, or stay up to date with what’s happening in the classroom assessment field, these sessions are for you! These events are co-sponsored by the Classroom Assessment SIG, NCME's Classroom Assessment Committee & NCME's AMSCL SIGMIE. More on these meetups can be found here.

  • The Crucial Assist: Developing and Sustaining the Classroom Assessment Field’s Work in the Modern Era -- Join us for an energizing discussion on how we can strengthen and sustain classroom assessment work in today’s fast-changing education landscape.
    Date and Time: February 20, 2026, 12:00-1:00 pm ET | 9:00-10:00 am PT. Register for the Crucial Assist here.
  • Hot Topics in Classroom Assessment: A Discussion of Selected Topics from the 2026 AERA and NCME Annual Meetings -- Curious about what’s new and emerging in classroom assessment? Come be part of a lively conversation featuring timely topics and takeaways inspired by the 2026 AERA and NCME annual meetings. Date and Time: March 6, 2026, 3-4 pm ET | 12:00-1:00 pm PT. Register for Hot Topics in Classroom Assessment here.

Webinar Series: Communicating Classroom Assessment for All

The NCME Classroom Assessment Committee and AERA Classroom Assessment SIG are co-sponsoring a webinar series: Communicating Classroom Assessment for All. Each session features leaders in classroom assessment practice, policy, and testing. The series is focused on how communication, at multiple levels of educational systems, can contribute to robust classroom assessment enactment purposed to enhance student learning, and the challenges with communicating well across systems.

  • Part 2: From the Classroom to the Capitol: Communicating Classroom Assessment in District, State, and Federal Policy: Thursday. February 12, 2026, 12-1:00pm Eastern, Featuring Dr. Zach Warner, New York State Education Department (Register here)
  • Part 3: Aligning Purpose: Can Test Results Inform Teacher Practice and Classroom-level Decisions? Thursday, March 19, 2026, 12-1:00pm Eastern, Featuring Dr. Kristen Huff, Curriculum Associates (Register here)

Resource for Classroom Assessment

A Resource to Improve Classroom Assessment for Student Success: Research, Practice, Policy, and the Public is intended to illuminate ways we can engage with classroom assessment research and research-informed work and communication across a variety of mediums, modalities, and audiences. Embedded within the resource is a call to connect with one another so we can better coordinate our individual and collective leadership and better support one another.