BMC: Assessment Challenges of Our New Decade
April 21st, 2021

Over the past decade, assessments have come increasingly under fire; critics
claim that they are overused, inequitably applied, and misaligned to optimal
outcomes for training and education.
With the rise of COVID-19, preexisting assessment deficiencies have only become
more pronounced and visible.
This one-day seminar explored urgent challenges confronting the assessment world as we progress into the 2020’s, along with expert visions, plans, and tools to address them.
Presentation Recordings
Seminar Introduction
Jeff Ross | UK Skills
Addressing Lack of Representation in Assessment Decision–Making
Susan Lyons | Independent Education Consultant
Collaborating to Meet Assessments Greatest Challenges
Christine Robinson & Karen Singer–Freeman | The Grand Challenges in Assessment Project
Pursuing Universal Accessibility in Digital Assessment
Sheryl Burgstahler | University of Washington
Advancing Observational Assessment and Evaluation in the Workforce
Emma Dickson | eCOM Scotland
Lightning Demo I: Inspera Assessment
Lightning Demo III: TAO by Open Assessment Technologies
Designing Game–Based Assessments to Exercise Critical Thinking
Batsheva Frankel | New Lens Ed.
Leveraging Performance Tasks to Assess College Readiness
Kelly Rotholz | Council for Aid to Education (CAE)
A Solution to Meet the Assessment Needs of the Next Decade
Sophie Emmertsen | Inspera Assessment
Overcoming Human Error with AI–Powered Assessments
Okan Bulut | University of Alberta
Where Are They Now? Reconnecting with Past Award Winners
Teresa Jacobs | eAssessment Association