MAC in a Moment
August 26, 2026Much of MAC’s work focuses on mindsets, capacities, and practice. Explore how MAC is supporting educators on addressing all three this coming year. Read the…
Much of MAC’s work focuses on mindsets, capacities, and practice. Explore how MAC is supporting educators on addressing all three this coming year. Read the…
Our Assessment Learning Network has been exploring disciplinary literacy and student-centered assessment. We’ve got so many resources to share as a result! Read the April…
The society our students are currently experiencing presents us with the opportunity and responsibility to engage students with the literacies that comprise the social studies—a…
We’re learning that 3-dimensional assessment—disciplinary core ideas (DCIs) balanced with science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts—is essential for supporting student sense-making. MAC has tools…
Speaking up and out cultivates optimism; it’s food for the soul. We offer some resources to inspire and equip you. Read the September 10, 2025…
As we launch the 2025-26 academic year, MAC is excited to join our assessment-interested colleagues in their learning journeys. Read the August 27, 2025 MAC…
Our North Star as we enter the new year is to use assessment to support student growth and well-being. Read the January 15, 2025 MAC…
In November, Thanksgiving invites us to share what we are grateful for. The Michigan Assessment Consortium is grateful for our community and the many opportunities…
We never outgrow the desire to know. Explore how curiosity can affect learning and the assessment approaches that cultivate curiosity. Read the October 23, 2024…
As we launch a new school year, we highlight some education luminaries—people who inspire or influence others, especially those prominent in a particular sphere. Read…
As we head into 2024, we wish our community of colleagues a year of collaborations, explorations, innovations, and inspirations. Read the January 10, 2024 MAC…
When we approach changing our practice, safe learning communities encourage us to think, “I’ll trust and try it.” Autumn opens with three, not-to-be-missed communities. Read…
When educators invest in their own growth and learning, the dividends are exponential. We offer “Field Notes”—two practitioner stories about actions that are positively affecting…
As we move from summer to fall, we continue a journey of abundance with our community of assessment-learning colleagues into a new school year. Read…
Fred Rogers said, “Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.” Learn how MAC is putting that advice to work….
Priya Parker says we gather to engage, to celebrate, to grieve. At the MAC, we gather with educators to learn together and make meaning. Read…