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Student Testing
This special report examines change in the field of student testing, including a look at next-generation science assessments, new ways to curb test anxiety, and college-admissions exams.
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Understanding Formative Assessment
This special report aims to deepen educators' understanding about formative assessment, what it is, and how to use it effectively to get good information about students' learning progress in real time.
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New Directions in Assessment
Addressing an area of both frustration and possibility for many teachers, this online story package explores new developments and trends in the practice of testing and assessment in schools. The stories focus on initiatives designed to link assessment more closely with classroom learning and instruction and thus provide integral solutions for teachers.
Assessment Boosting School Quality Remains a Slog for States, NationThe nation's C grade on this year's final Quality Counts report card is another sign that pursuing educational progress remains slow and challenging for many states.
Assessment Louisiana Ranks 48th on Quality Counts Annual Report CardThe state, which earned a D-plus, ranked bottom of the nation in both 4th grade math and 8th grade math, and scored low on socioeconomic factors that can affect the educational environment.
Assessment New Mexico Ranks Last in Nation on Quality Counts Annual Report CardThe state, which earned a D, was at the bottom on socioeconomic factors that can affect the educational environment, but earned a B-plus on how equitably it spends its K-12 dollars.
Assessment Mississippi Ranks 47th on Quality Counts Annual Report CardThe state, which earned a D-plus, scored low on the Chance for Success Index, which tracks a host of socioeconomic factors that can affect the educational environment.
Assessment Oklahoma Ranks 49th on Quality Counts Annual Report CardThe state, which earned a D-plus, has struggled with school finance issues and endured teacher strikes and battles over pay, but also earned B-plus for funding equity.
Assessment Nevada Ranks 50th on Quality Counts Annual Report CardThe state, which earned a D-plus, was weak on socioeconomic factors that can affect the educational environment, and also in the school finance area.
Assessment Opinion The Five Big Challenges Ahead for Advanced PlacementAP has managed to dodge the partisan pitfalls that have felled other ambitious curricular efforts—so far, write Chester E. Finn Jr. and Andrew E. Scanlan.Assessment What the Research Says Support and Accountability for Public and Private PrincipalsNew data from the National Center for Education Statistics find that principals at private schools tend to have more experience, 9.7 years on average leading schools versus 6.8 years for public school principals.Assessment Inside a Procurement Dispute in North CarolinaNorth Carolina officials' switch in reading-test vendors just weeks before the new school year got underway is spotlighting the often murky process of contracts and procurements for K-12 services.Assessment Opinion 9 Things You Can Do to Support Student Agency With Formative AssessmentTeachers and students from Arizona describe the three stages they went through to build a classroom culture for formative assessment.
Assessment Opinion How Can Students and Teachers Co-Design Learning?Working with students to craft lessons in New Hampshire classrooms pushes student learning and deepens teacher understanding of their students and the learning process.
Assessment Opinion Did One Program Really Cost Students 276 Years of Learning? (Spoiler: No.)You should be skeptical about how education research is translated, explain RAND researchers John F. Pane and Matthew D. Baird.
Assessment Opinion Making Learning Public: Two Practices for Engaging and Empowering All StudentsUsing both communal showcases of learning and more personalized sharing with families during student-led conferences, students at Two Rivers Public Charter School are more deeply engaged as leaders of their own education.
Assessment Opinion STEM Education: Lessons From 20 Years of DataFor the first time, guest bloggers share analysis from 20 years of math and science international assessment data.Assessment Opinion Four Surprising Truths About U.S. SchoolingA lot of our fevered education debates are fueled by assumptions which can be off-base, or flat wrong.
