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SCORE urges faster reporting of test results and inventory of local assessments
Summary
SCORE recommended the state accelerate return of assessment results to families via expanded automated scoring and pre-equating, pilot computer-based testing for grades 3—5, and conduct an inventory of local assessments to reduce instructional disruption.
SCORE recommended changes aimed at making assessment data timelier and more actionable. The group suggested three practical steps: expand automated scoring with human validation for open responses, pre-equate items to allow earlier release of scale scores, and assemble an inventory of local assessments to reduce redundant testing and instructional disruption.
Aliyah Guthrie described trade-offs in faster reporting, noting some states provide early scale scores to families within days (Florida example) but that Tennessee typically completes a fuller grading process that returns item-level diagnostic feedback to teachers and families. SCORE proposed pilot expansion of automated scoring and additional technical investments to shorten turnaround time without sacrificing useful diagnostic detail.
