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📰 New article by Matteo Depascale, Matteo Costa, Umberto Mancini

Use AWS DevOps Agent to triage and route AWS Health event impact

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Use AWS DevOps Agent to triage and route AWS Health event impact
Triaging the impact of AWS Health events is one of the most repetitive jobs in cloud operations, and it is exactly the kind of work AWS DevOps Agent can take on. Scheduled maintenance, operational issues, and Trust & Safety notifications (alerts about resources that may violate the AWS Acceptable Use Policy) land in your inbox [...]
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August 19, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Monday, July 20, 2026
A New Look at the “Moon and Stars Above”
Happy Moon Day! At one time I dreamed of being an astronomer, but ended up an assessment specialist. Three Moon Days ago in a post titled “Moon and Stars Above” I asked the question, &#…
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July 22, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Wednesday, July 15, 2026
The Midsummer Classic
Last night in Philadelphia the American League defeated the National League 4-0 in the 96th Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It’s still the best of the major professional sports all-star games.…
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July 16, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Modena, De Pascale “Commovente partecipazione e coinvolgimento dei cittadini”: BOLOGNA (ITALPRESS) – “Un Ringraziamento al Presidente della Repubblica e alla Presidente Meloni per questa visita di oggi.La visita congiunta ha avuto anche… #Modena #DePascale #Partecipazione #Coinvolgimento #Cittadini
Modena, De Pascale “Commovente partecipazione e coinvolgimento dei cittadini”
BOLOGNA (ITALPRESS) – “Un Ringraziamento al Presidente della Repubblica e alla Presidente Meloni per questa visita di oggi.La visita congiunta ha avuto anche una forma, credo, che sia stata molto, molto import...
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July 14, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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It was wonderful to present at #MCLS2026 in Padova last week! 🇮🇹
June 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Monday, June 22, 2026
Showing Some Love for the OG NAEP
It’s common knowledge that for technical and practical reasons I’m not a big fan of preserving NAEP trends. I’m a little suspect of trying to stretch test scales across decades back to the 1990s, l…
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June 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Monday, June 8, 2026
Ten Numbers That Shook My World
We all have them. The images that we can never unsee. The quote, song lyric, or perhaps poem that we never forget. That friend, colleague, or chance interaction that had a profound impact on us. Ha…
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June 9, 2026 at 7:08 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Friday, May 29, 2026
American Education: A Tangled Can of Monkeys
Try as I might, my mind just won’t let go of the story about the school year for Pawtucket, Rhode Island elementary school students being extended because it was discovered that the school day has …
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May 30, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Culture > Curriculum > Courses
As I leaf through excited posts and articles about how AI is going to help assess durable skills and bring to life the freshly painted portraits of high school graduates, I start to get an uneasy f…
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May 27, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Thursday, May 21, 2026
Assessment ________ Learning
The relationship between assessment and learning is one that we’ve been struggling to understand for as long as I can remember. Before we jump headlong into reimagining assessment, it will be benef…
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May 22, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Monday, May 11, 2026
The Tale Of The Tape
All signs suggest that we might finally be emerging from our decade-long period of malaise regarding large-scale testing. Advances in AI, flexibility from the feds, and new buckets of money are mak…
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May 12, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Meaningful Scales: Help Wanted
In their recent EM:IP article, Susan Brookhart and Sarah Bonner call on large-scale testing (i.e., traditional educational measurement) and classroom assessment to communicate and learn from each o…
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April 23, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Tuesday, April 14, 2026
To Those Burrs In Our Saddle
I truly enjoyed reading the many posts describing the amazing work showcased at NCME in LA; and the positive, uplifting experience that the conference was for everyone. But in this week’s post I wa…
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April 15, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Tuesday, April 7, 2026
How I Spent My Winter Mornings
They say that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but this past winter I decided to try to try my hand at solving the New York Times Crossword, something I had avoided doing to this point in my …
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April 9, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Assessing Assessment in April 2026
We’ve made it to April! In the spirit of this season of rebirth and renewal, in this week’s TL: DR blog post I ponder and prophesy on the current state and future of our field.
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April 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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What's a Comic you want to see as a Movie? #ComicSky

Rover Red Charlie as a full length animated movie would be cool.
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March 28, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Monday, March 23, 2026
The Significance* of NAEP
I wrap up my March series, NAEP by the Numbers, with the number .05 and a discussion of significance and differences. The significance of NAEP lies far beyond score differences within and across ye…
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March 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Tuesday, March 17, 2026
#NAEP250 – It’s Trending
“All good things must come to an end.” In the third post of my NAEP by the Numbers series, I ponder historically, philosophically, and a little bit technically, on whether that time has come for so…
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March 18, 2026 at 8:34 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Batting .500 with the NAEP Scale
In the second post of my NAEP by the Numbers series, I reflect on the NAEP 0-500 scales: both the Long Term Trend scale that stretches back to the 1970s and the new scale developed when NAEP began …
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March 12, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Monday, February 23, 2026
They Told Me There’d Be Consequences
The Olympics are over and it’s a blizzardy Monday morning. In other words, it’s a perfect time to peruse the preliminary program for the upcoming NCME annual meeting. Of course, every action has co…
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February 25, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Frankenstein’s Graduate
In releasing the interim report outlining its new graduation Framework, Massachusetts boasts, “no other state will have implemented such a comprehensive approach to setting such high standards in e…
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February 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Saturday, January 31, 2026
What Might Have Been
We are now a quarter of the way through the 21st century and about the same length of time into the current era of test-based school accountability. Like most Education Reform initiatives, with NCL…
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February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Book ‘Em, Danno!
One way I that check the “pulse of the nation” on education is though the topics that  family members raise with me around the table at holiday gatherings. Last year it was Massachusetts ending the…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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By: Charlie DePascale on Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Embracing Absurdity In 2025
Thanks to all who joined me in embracing the absurdity of 2025 through my blog, Embrace The Absurd. In this final post of 2025, I recap the most popular posts and issues we discussed in 2025 and of…
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January 1, 2026 at 12:52 PM