Kenneth Shores, a new faculty member in the School of Education, was part of a group of scholars, policy leaders, and educators that contributed to a new report from the National Academy of Education on educational assessments in the COVID era. Equity issues are at the center of this report; the report discusses how to assess student learning during the pandemic, especially among historically marginalized, disadvantaged, and underserved students, while ensuring that the assessment is fair and the data is trustworthy.