High School Assessment and College Opportunities

May 6, 2019 Forum

At a time when there are debates about summative assessments and the best measurements for predicting college readiness, the California Department of Education gathered a panel of experts and leaders to discuss the latest research and developments in the field.

Topics:

• Quality measures of predicting college success
• Differential equity implications for different measures of college success
• National trends in high school assessments used for college entrance and/or meeting federal K–12 assessment requirements

Panelists:

• Michal Kurlaender, Professor of Education Policy at UC Davis
• Young Whan Choi, Manager of Performance Assessments at Oakland Unified School District
• Claude Steele, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University
• James Popham, Emeritus Professor in the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
• Michael McCormick, Superintendent at Val Verde Unified School District