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ATP 2020 – Going Virtual
We're excited to be attending one of the most talked-about assessment conferences of the year next week - that's right, we’re talking about ATP Going Global, and this year we’re a proud Gold sponsor! The conference landscape has definitely been affected due to...
Exploring ADAM: Performance Assessment in the Digital Age
In this series, we’re going to take a closer look at each individual product in our lineup. This week, we’re exploring ADAM. Paper performance assessments have always been time-consuming to produce and expensive to mark. Educators know this intuitively by all the...
Exploring OSCAR: your rapid scoring solution
In this series, we’re going to take a closer look at each individual product in our lineup, starting with OSCAR. When we first started MZD, we wanted to create a platform that would dramatically reduce the time organizations require to score authentic assessments. It...
Distributed Scoring – A reflection on the change and resulting benefits.
Daisy Vickers began her career in performance assessment after teaching both high school and college English. In her first job with Harcourt,...
Partners in Performance Assessment
Is MZD the Missing Link in Your Performance Assessment Solution? While many companies have been hard at work for years solving challenges related to technology enhanced items, the same level of effort and development has not been invested into efficient mechanisms for...
Consistency in Grading Practices
Anya Derr is a former middle school and high school English teacher and has a Masters Degree in education. Before joining MZD, she...
The Importance of Evaluating Student Writing
Daisy Vickers began her career in performance assessment after teaching both high school and college English. In her first job with Harcourt,...
Reflections on Performance Scoring Evolution
Daisy Vickers began her career in performance assessment after teaching both high school and college English. In her first job with Harcourt,...
How OSCAR Classroom Fits In
Kim Bolz-Andolshek has been involved in public education for over 16 years. She has been elected 4 times to her local school board...
The Value of Second Scoring
Jeff Cuff has worked in the EdTech space for the last 15 years. For 10 of those years he lead efforts at the College Board, to...
