Reflections on Advancing Artificial Intelligence, Measurement and Assessment System Innovation Summit on September 26th at the Planet Word Museum

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Advancing Artificial Intelligence, Measurement and Assessment System Innovation Summit on September 26th at the Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC.

Together, we worked to deepen partnerships among leaders from 40 philanthropic foundations and 15 federal agencies and strengthen a shared understanding of high-leverage approaches for data, artificial intelligence, and measurement and assessment system R&D and innovation aligned to a wider transformative vision for the future of learning, working, teaching, and leading. The Summit brought together leaders from the Bidden-Harris Administration and strategic philanthropies and included trailblazing state chiefs, civil rights and union leaders, scientists, and solution developers.

We appreciate colleagues for joining the conversation about how best to advance opportunities and joint efforts for developing and harnessing the best of assessment, measurement, AI, and data practice, technology, and policy to better meet the needs of students, workers, educators, and society.

Together, we explored the need for the following:

Innovating for whom we measure: An opportunity exists to center the needs of learners, workers, educators, families, and the wider community. The sciences of learning, development, measurement, and improvement can be leveraged to power innovation that advances equity and opportunity.

Innovating what we measure: Our north stars can and must capture and express a more holistic vision of the skills, knowledge, contexts, and dispositions learners and workers need to develop, learn, and thrive.

Innovating how we measure: In order to measure what matters most, we must unlock new advances in measurement, design, science, and technology.

Presenters

During the Summit, we heard from dozens of senior leaders in philanthropy and federal policy, and trailblazers from statehouses and classrooms, scientists and solution developers, including:?

Welcome & Lunch

• Pamela Cantor MD , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Human Potential L.A.B.

Pathways Through High School & Beyond Innovating What We Measure

• Russlynn Ali , Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, XQ Institute & Managing Director of the Education Fund at Emerson Collective

• Saskia Levy Thompson , Program Director, New Designs to Advance Learning, Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Katie Jenner , Secretary of Education, Indiana Department of Education & and Chair, Indiana State Board of Education
• Ange?lica Infante-Green , Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, Rhode Island Department of Education
• Nikki Wallace , Biology Teacher & Head of School Innovation and Research, Crosstown High School?
• Jade Grieve , Chief of Student Pathways, New York City Public Schools

Quality Early Learning: Innovating How We Measure

• Sara Allan , President, Valhalla Foundation
• Jamie McKee , Director, Early Learning & Assessments, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Gabriela Lopez , Senior Director Research to Practice Measures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative ?
• Roberto J. Rodríguez, Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Education
• Kristen Eignor DiCerbo , Chief Learning Officer, Khan Academy
• Christine Cutillo, MMCi is a Health Data Scientist for AI Ethics in the Office of Data Science Strategy (ODSS), within the Integrated Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies (IIET) unit.

Skills for the Future: Leveraging AI and Innovation to Secure the Jobs for the Future Why Measurement Innovation

• Kumar Garg , President, Renaissance Philanthropy
• Taryn Mackenzie Williams , Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy, U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy
• Erin Mote , CEO & Founder, InnovateEDU
• Katy Knight , Executive Director & President, Siegel Family Endowment
• Bill Janeway , Chair, Social Science Research Council & Distinguished Affiliated Professor in the Faculty of Economics of Cambridge University
• Papia Debroy , Senior Vice President, Research & Insight, Opportunity@Work
• Kim Smith , Founder & Chief Executive Officer, LearnerStudio

Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence, Measurement and Assessment System Innovation

Partnering for Transformation

• Eric Tucker, President and CEO, Study Group
• Asad Ramzanali , Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to the President, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Erwin Gianchandani , Assistant Director of the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation (NSF)
• James L. Moore III , Assistant Director for the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), National Science Foundation
• Matthew Soldner , Actor Director, Institute of Education Sciences; Commissioner, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance; Chief Evaluation Officer, U.S. Department of Education.

Share Outs

Colleagues who prepared or presented shareouts or commitments include:

Anil H. (Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education); Auditi Chakravarty ( Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) ); Brandee Tate (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation); Brooke Stafford-Brizard ( Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ); Elizabeth Albro, PhD (Institute of Education Sciences, Institute of Education Sciences); Elizabeth Mokyr Horner (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation); Erwin Gianchandani (Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, National Science Foundation); Gabriela López (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative); Jack Buckley (Roblox); Jacqueline Rodriguez ( National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) ); James L. Moore III (Directorate for STEM Education (EDU), National Science Foundation); Jamie McKee (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation); Jill Burstein (Duolingo English Test); Katy Knight ( Siegel Family Endowment ); Kumar Garg ( Renaissance Philanthropy ); Lindsay Jones ( CAST (Center for Applied Special Technology) ); Maria Elena Oliveri , (SCALE, Purdue University); Mario Piacentini (OECD); Marla Ucelli-Kashyap ( American Federation of Teachers ); Matthew A. Kraft (Brown University); Matthew Soldner (IES); Osarugue Michelle Odemwingie ( Achievement Network (ANet) ); Nikki Wallace (Crosstown High School); Rajesh Nayak (Former Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor); Rob Thompson (Oak Foundation); Sarah Navarro (she/her) (XQ Institute); Saskia Levy Thompson (Carnegie Corporation of New York); Seeyew Mo (White House-Office of the National Cyber Director).?

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Special Acknowledgments

We extend our deepest gratitude to the partners and collaborators who played a pivotal role:

• Saskia Levy Thompson and LaVerne Srinivasan (Carnegie Corporation of New York); Gabriela López (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative); Jamie McKee, Elizabeth Mokyr Horner, Angela Bahng , @Brandee Tate, Susie Rantz (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation); Russlynn Ali, Anne Mackinnon , Michele Cahill , Brittany Scott, Ed.M. , Jeanie Lee , Keith Dysarz , Sarah Navarro, Molly Mauer of the XQ Institute.?

• Lauren Cutuli , Shamel Duncan, Sheryl Gómez , Elijah Gordon , Jonathan Flynn, Kristin Levine , and Kristen Lambertz-Berndt from the Study Group .?
• Debra Schiff and Becki Townsend from the J Street Group J Street Group, LLC , a woman-owned full-service special event firm.
• Ashley Deal and Raelynn Miles O'Leary from Dezudio , an information design and design research consultancy.?
• Ann B. Friedman , the Founder and CEO of Planet Word , a space that beautifully combines the rich history of public education with innovation, showcasing the transformative power of ideas and creativity.
• Anne Mackinnon (XQ Institute); Anne Ricciuti (Institute of Education Sciences); Keeanna Warren, Ph.D. ( Purdue Polytechnic High Schools); Elizabeth Albro, PhD (Institute of Education Sciences); Erin Whalen (Da Vinci Schools); Kim Smith (LearnerStudio); Mario Piacentini (OECD); Mary Beech (U.S. Department of Labor); Nick Beadle (U.S. Department of Labor); Saskia Levy Thompson (Carnegie Corporation of New York); Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves (NSF); Russlynn Ali (XQ Institute); Sara Allan (Valhalla Foundation); Robert Trombley (U.S. Department of Labor); Sylvia James Butterfield (NSF).