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Michael Holden

@mikeholden.bsky.social
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Assistant professor, University of Winnipeg. Interested in assessment, professional learning, board games, and hiking badly.

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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
How bad is grade inflation? 61% of American teens feel pressure to get good grades. Teachers also report grade pressure to give good grades, especially when grades are tied to performance evals. Check out our latest piece in @ca.theconversation.com for more theconversation.com/is-an-a-stil...
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Is an A still an A? The truth behind grade inflation
Even when grades rise, we shouldn’t assume that every rise is unearned or indefensible. The full picture is messier than that.
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
What do you think about grade inflation? This Sunday, March 22, I'll be joining @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social's Cross Country Checkup to talk about grade inflation, the pressure students feel to get good grades, and the problems that occur when a measure becomes a target. www.cbc.ca/radio/checku...
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Can state tests inform teacher practice? Join Dr. Kristen Huff for a free, 1-hour webinar that tackles this question head on. Hosted by @ncme38.bsky.social & @aeraedresearch.bsky.social Thursday, March 19 Noon-1:00pm Eastern | 9:00-10:00am Pacific Register here: form.jotform.com/253347282482...
Aligning purpose: Can test results inform teacher practice and classroom decisions?

Thursday, March 19, 2026. 12:00-1:00pm Eastern, 9:00-10:00am Pacific. Free Webinar Via Zoom featuring Dr. Kristen Huff, Vice President, Assessment and Research, Curriculum Associates. Sponsored by the National Council on Measurement in Education's Classroom Assessment Committee and the American Educational Research Association's Classroom Assessment Special Interest Group.
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Canadian Assessment for Learning Network @caflnetwork.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
CAfLN Conference 2026 is heading North! October 1–3 | Yellowknife, NWT Learn from world-class Canadian speakers. Explore equitable assessment in the age of AI. Connect with AfL leaders from across the country. Early Bird: $450 before May 1 Registration opens soon!
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Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
AERA's Classroom Assessment SIG has a podcast, one strand of which is a "Life and legacy" series in which those involved in classroom assessment sit down with Michael Holden and reflect on their careers. Here's my conversation: bit.ly/4cnKqK
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Episode 11: Life and Legacy with Dylan Wiliam | The Classroom Assessment Podcast
SIG member Michael Holden speaks with Dr. Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at University College London. They discuss Dr. Wiliam's early experiences with classroom assessment...
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Interested in #assessment, teaching, and how to support learning in complex, diverse classrooms? @dylanwiliam.bsky.social and I sat down to chat about his life and legacy as a key leader in classroom assessment research over the past 30 years: classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-11...
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Episode 11: Life and Legacy with Dylan Wiliam | The Classroom Assessment Podcast
SIG member Michael Holden speaks with Dr. Dylan Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at University College London. They discuss Dr. Wiliam's early experiences with classroom assessment...
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
New research from Educational Researcher proposes a novel model that promotes assessment policies and practices that support high integrity, authentic learning, and innovative student assessment in an era of generative AI. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
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The AI3 Model: Future Directions for Artificial Intelligence, Assessment Innovation, and Academic Integrity - Christopher DeLuca, Louis Volante, Michael Holden, 2025
The evolution of machine learning and large language models (commonly referred to as “artificial intelligence” [AI]) presents both opportunities and challenges ...
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Three years into the age of AI, we can no longer afford a head-in-the-sand approach. This isn't about uncritically embracing AI, or taking "hype bros" and tech companies at their word. It's about seriously grappling with ethical assessment innovation. Read more (open access!) doi.org/10.3102/0013...
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The AI3 Model: Future Directions for Artificial Intelligence, Assessment Innovation, and Academic Integrity - Christopher DeLuca, Louis Volante, Michael Holden, 2025
The evolution of machine learning and large language models (commonly referred to as “artificial intelligence” [AI]) presents both opportunities and challenges ...
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The @csse-scee.bsky.social Call for Proposals is live! Join the largest conference in Canadian education research May 30-June 3, 2026 at @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. Proposals are due Wednesday, October 8. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! www.csse-scee.ca/conference-2...
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2026 Conference
UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG 2026 Conference Travel Assistance to Graduate Students Coming soon! Plan Your Trip Coming soon! Registration Information Coming in January. Membership Portal :https://www.assocs...
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Come work with me! @uwinnipeg.bsky.social is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in curriculum, pedagogy, and praxis. As a newcomer to Winnipeg I've been consistently impressed with our faculty, students, the research office, and a long line of mentors. Deets: northstarats.com/University-o...
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Praxis, Faculty of Education
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I sat down with @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social's Rosanna Hempel and Marcy Markusa to talk about AI in the classroom and the supports teachers need to keep learning front and center in this age of AI. Article and radio chat at the links below! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Manitoba educators consider appropriate, ethical AI use as policies develop | CBC News
Artificial intelligence is changing how some educators plan their lessons and think about assignments for students. They're contending with how to use generative AI appropriately and ethically in thei...
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
This week, teachers, school leaders, and assessment specialists from across Canada gathered at the @caflnetwork.bsky.social 2025 Summer Institute focused on Leading #Assessment Change. It's complex work, but there are change-makers at all levels working to align assessment with robust learning.
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Congress & the @federationhss.ca isn’t just an event, it’s a community. Creating strong research communities takes ongoing work, which means Congress needs champions willing to do that work — together. Check out my piece in @universityaffairs.bsky.social: universityaffairs.ca/opinion/canc...
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Cancelling Congress wounds humanities research - University Affairs
Budget squeeze and logistical complexities leave the century-old conference without a host.
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Canadian Assessment for Learning Network @caflnetwork.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Join us tonight as Sue Mylde, Rundle College, shares her insight and experience using AI to engage learners. Head over to cafln.ca for more information on how to register. #Assessment #education #teacher
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
In our latest Life and Legacy episode, I sat down with Dr. Lorrie Shepard, former President of both AERA and NCME, to talk about her work in sociocultural theory, measurement, and partnerships in classroom assessment research. Listen here! classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-9-...
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Episode 9: Life and Legacy with Lorrie Shepard | The Classroom Assessment Podcast
SIG member Michael Holden sits down with Dr. Lorrie A. Shepard - University Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder, longstanding measurement researche...
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 30/04/2025
Manitoba’s largest school division has removed a rare entry exam used to sort graduating elementary students into different academic streams.
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Grant Park removes advanced-placement test due to student stress
Manitoba’s largest school division has removed a rare entry exam used to sort graduating elementary students into different academic streams.
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
You want to be "fair" - but what does that mean? In our latest article, we look at communication, grading decisions, responses to cheating, and holding firm in assessment decisions to understand how 200+ preservice teachers conceptualize assessment fairness. Check it out! doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Teachers' conceptions of fairness influence their approaches to assessment. Perceptions of fairness underpin how teachers legitimate their values and provide reasons for teachers to defend assessment...
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Interested in #assessment? Check out the work Manitoba teachers are doing to support stronger assessment practice in this new grassroots, teacher-led organization:
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Can you spot #AI work? Repeated empirical studies are telling us No, you can't - not nearly as well as you think you can. Are #AI detectors the solution? Initial findings again suggest No, probably not. Check out my @theconversationca.bsky.social piece for more: theconversation.com/ai-detection...
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AI-detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift
If educators want to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, assessments like drafts, works-in-progress and repeated observations of student learning are needed.
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 25/02/2025
AI-detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift
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AI-detection software isn’t the solution to classroom cheating — assessment has to shift
If educators want to make valid inferences about what students know and can do, assessments like drafts, works-in-progress and repeated observations of student learning are needed.
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Bruce Mellesmoen @bmellesmoen.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Have you signed up yet? If not, head over to cafln.ca to register for the first of four CAfLN Conversations. On Feb. 10 our Zoom conversations focus on the Student-Teacher Assessment Relationship. @caflnetwork.bsky.social #assessmentforlearning #assessment #relationships
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
How do you navigate artificial intelligence with ethics, trust, and integrity? Join us March 4 for a @caflnetwork.bsky.social session featuring @saraheaton.bsky.social's leading work: cafln.ca/scheduled_ev... Free for CAfLN members, only $20 otherwise!
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Spotlight Series Event March 2025
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Canadian Assessment for Learning Network @caflnetwork.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Become a member and join our first conversation this upcoming Monday. Existing members can register by visiting our events page cafln.ca/scheduled_ev... See you there! #assessment #edusky
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Grateful for the conversation tonight with teachers, principals, and BEd students about #inclusive #assessment in Manitoba schools. A lot of passion to do well by students in complex spaces across the province!
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I sat down with Dr. Sue Brookhart, a longstanding leader in classroom #assessment, for a chat about her life and legacy and the future of assessment research. Listen in! classroomassessment.podbean.com/e/episode-8-...
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Episode 8: Life and Legacy with Sue Brookhart | The Classroom Assessment Podcast
SIG member Michael Holden sits down with Dr. Susan M. Brookhart - Professor Emerita in the School of Education at Duquesne University, longstanding classroom assessment researcher, and former SIG Chai...
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Thrilled that Dr. Amy Burns has been appointed as the next Dean of @queenseduc.bsky.social! Working with Amy for nearly a decade (!!), I've always been impressed by her leadership, skill, and passion. She *gets it* in a way that makes a real difference. www.queensu.ca/gazette/stor...
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Queen’s announces next dean of Faculty of Education | Queen's Gazette
Principal Deane appoints Amy Burns to the role for a five-year term, beginning July 1, 2025.
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
#Manitoba teachers, interested in inclusive #assessment? Join us for a conversation on February 5 featuring the fantastic Dionne Potapinski & Jamie Galbraith: tinyurl.com/IEPRT2025
An event poster for a Conversation on inclusive classroom assessment in Manitoba, hosted by the Inclusive Education Professors Round Table (IEPRT). The poster reads:

Step into the conversation: Key topics to explore
What does assessment mean/look like to you?
What is the difference between assessment and grading?
Core argument of inclusive assessment
‘Fireside chat’ based on attendees’ burning questions
Open forum for discussion and questions

Date: February 5, 2025
Time: 5:00-6:00pm
Platform: Zoom
Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/9NhxDPCNNW

The poster is black and light red, with a QR code to the registration URL at the bottom of the page.
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Michael Holden @mikeholden.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Is #assessment an event? Something you occasion? An invitation? @drarnoldlive.bsky.social & I unpack #inclusive assessment for learning in our chapter in this lovely book - doi.org/10.4324/9781...
The photo pictures the cover to the book, Designing inclusive classroom assessment in schools. The cover features an image of several hands holding together different pieces to a puzzle, in alternating colours, beneath the book's title and author information. Full details are available at https://t.co/XnUoEzGtC6.The photo shows the first page of the chapter, Designing inclusive assessment for learning in English language arts. The chapter's abstract and other details are available at https://t.co/XnUoEzGtC6.
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