Considerations for Meaningful Assessment During COVID-19

COVID-19 presents assessment professionals with an opportunity to reexamine preexisting inequities for vulnerable student groups that may be more susceptible to the pandemic’s economic impacts. We propose that assessment professionals incorporate student interviews more intentionally in their work so they and their stakeholders can develop more meaningful understandings of these inequities, provide a higher degree of contact with students, and appreciate better how policies enacted during the pandemic may impact students.