Lyons Assessment Consulting

Excited to announce that Susan Lyons and Nicholas Munyan-Penney will be presenting with EdTrust about Inclusive Assessments to school board leaders at the upcoming School Board Partners conference in San Antonio, TX. #InclusiveAssessments #ConferenceSpeakers #EducationConference

I’m excited to share that Lyons Assessment Consulting has been selected to participate in the K12 Research for Equity Hub’s second research cycle, managed by EduDream! We are partnering with KnowledgeWorks and Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services to study the compatibility of a fully performance-based assessment system with federal policy guardrails. The Hub is a multi-year initiative exploring innovative assessment and accountability models in #K12Education. Learn more about our project: https://lnkd.in/gRAfB7pd #RethinkingK12Accountabilty

The team at Lyons Assessment Consulting Consulting is proud to be selected for this important work! We are thrilled to be working alongside our partners at KnowledgeWorks and Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services to conduct this research!

Lyons Assessment Consulting is hiring a full-time senior associate. We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our fast-paced team, serve our clients, and advance innovation in educational assessment and accountability! Looking for details on the position? Click here to view the job listing: https://lnkd.in/d85pnpfa Additionally, below are some of the main qualifications we are looking for: ▶︎ Doctoral degree in Educational Measurement or related field with 5+ years of experience, or Masters degree in Educational Measurement or related field with 8+ years of experience. ▶︎ Proven success leading consulting projects and/or funded research related to K-12 assessment. ▶︎ Excellent academic writing skills, including peer-reviewed publications. ▶︎ Deep knowledge of psychometrics and advanced quantitative methodologies, facility in R or similar programming language. ▶︎ Strong interpersonal, relationship-building, and communication skills. Commitment to equity and anti-racism We look forward to reviewing your applications! 🌟 #JobOpportunity #HiringNow #EducationJobs #SeniorAssociate #JoinOurTeam

This week, Dr. Susan Lyons will be a distinguished guest speaker at two of CCSSO's State Collaboratives. Join us as we delve into critical topics in state assessment and score reporting! 🔹 Thursday Morning: Dr. Lyons will be at the Technical Issues in Large Scale Assessment (TILSA) Collaborative, presenting alongside Maria D'Brot and Rochelle Michel on a forthcoming report. Together, they will share insightful recommendations for additions to the USED Peer Review Guidance to support innovative models in state assessment. 🔹 Thursday Afternoon: Dr. Lyons will be at the Balanced Assessment Systems (BAS) Collaborative, led by Erika Landl and Caroline Wylie, discussing how states can shift to asset-based language in score reporting. Let's come together to explore these groundbreaking advancements in education. See you there! #Education #StateAssessment #ScoreReporting #CCSSO #StateCollaboratives

Check out Lyons Assessment Consulting at CCSSO's National Conference on Student Assessment in Seattle! Susan Lyons will be presenting in two sessions along with colleagues and assessment experts, André A. Rupp, W. Christopher Brandt, Lillian Pace, Sarah Snipes, Gretchen Morgan, Anne Hyslop, Chris Domaleski, and Dave Powell.

This has been such thought-provoking work, and I am so grateful to learn with amazing colleagues like Susan Lyons through this project. Peter Leonard and Sasha (Alexandra) Klyachkina are such amazing examples of how leaders can demand that assessments do more than "no harm"--that we build assessment systems that actively disrupt inequity and promote justice. #culturallyresponsive #assessment #equity

We are inspired to work with leaders at Chicago Public Schools, including Sasha (Alexandra) Klyachkina and Peter Leonard to help develop and test a new framework for culturally responsive assessment. Our team, Susan Lyons, Aneesha Badrinarayan, Alejandra Miranda, and Hannah Denker are proud of this work and the opportunity to collaborate with such a dedicated district team! #culturallyresponsive #assessment

After a 10 month process, I am proud that Lyons Assessment Consulting is federally certified as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)! This year marks five years since I decided to venture out on my own. I am lucky to have benefited from multiple government programs that have helped me weather this journey as I've built my own business, including the federal Paycheck Protection Program during COVID and the Massachusetts Paid Medical and Family Leave program which allowed me to spend 18 weeks recovering from childbirth and bonding with my third baby. And now, I am looking forward to finding new opportunities through the federal WOSB certification. Go ahead and give Lyons Assessment Consulting a follow, there will be new updates coming soon! Thank you to all those who have taken a bet on my organization, especially those who hired me when I first went out on my own. Lyons Assessment Consulting wouldn't be what it is today without your early confidence in me, Stephen Murphy, Ph.D., Fiona Hinds, Ed.D., Cognia, David Nitkin, Transcend, Paul Leather, Center for Innovation in Education, Scott Marion, Center for Assessment, Dan French, Aneesha Badrinarayan, Learning Policy Institute

"Our measurement models need to evolve. They need to account for what we now know about how humans learn and develop." Susan Lyons of Women in Measurement, Inc. on the latest episode of The #FutureOfSmart #podcast. Listen: https://lnkd.in/gABuH_yQ