“Forward is a pace.” A marathon runner spoke those words during a television interview prior to a race. While they likely resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to run distances, they are also applicable in terms of transforming educational assessment. The idea of creating authentic assessments that support growth is not new. However, progress toward that vision becoming a reality continues to be slower than many people would like to see.

Full Conversation between Wyoming Teacher Karla Luderman of Weston 7 District.

This is the scripted transcript of the conversation between Karla Luderman and Iris of 2Revolutions. There are also some videos included of some pretty powerful parts of the discussion.

Assessment practice is one of those places where being more learner-centered and equitable is truly pushing beliefs and systems to evolve In a world where we desire to act upon the core belief that learning is the constant, time is the variable- and we embrace the messiness inherent within learning- educators must wrestle with rewriting long standing traditions within the assessment arena. One of the most passion-filled, and time-consuming wrestling matches going on in schools across the country has a common contender: the “retake.”