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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 Opinion Are We Collaborating Too Much?It is perhaps obvious that the Center for Collaborative Education (CCE) places a premium on collaboration. Here are some things we have learned about collaboration working with the Assessment for Learning Project's community of practice.Assessment Opinion The U.S. Education System is Very Inefficient: Fact or Fiction?Marc Tucker responds to critics of the comparative method of research and details the value that it brings to public policy analysis.Assessment Opinion Building a High-Quality System of Assessments to Advance Deeper LearningJobs for the Future is about to unveil principles for comprehensive assessment systems that maximize efficiency, reduce duplication, and provide rich data.
Assessment Opinion How to Assess Global CompetenceFour ways to get started, as well as list of questions that teachers can use in their assessment of global/intercultural competence.
Assessment Video 6 Tips for Going GradelessLearning often ends when students see a grade, says Starr Sackstein, an Education Week blogger and author of Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School. In this video, she offers some quick tips for teachers who want to stop marking student progress with letters and numbers, and instead focus on making learning ongoing. Among other things, she says, teachers should redirect students who ask, “What did I get?” to instead ask, “What did I learn?”
Assessment Opinion A Student's Perspective: Some Truths About Real-World LearningThis week's edition of Friday Focus: Practitioner's Guide to Next Gen Learning was written by Ricky Sierra, a student at Da Vinci Extension sharing her experiences at Da Vinci Schools.Assessment Quiz Quiz Yourself: What is the State of Assessment?Quiz Yourself: How are states using testing as an accountability indicator under ESSA & how many days do students spend taking these tests?Assessment New York Denied ESSA Waiver to Test Students With Disabilities Off Grade LevelThe state will be required to test all students using grade level tests, except for those with significant cognitive disabilities.Assessment ACT Adds New, Free Test-Prep ServiceACT Inc.'s new free test-prep service arrives amid ever-increasing competition with its rival, the College Board, which offers free test prep of its own.
Assessment Opinion Speak, John, Speak: Feeling the Power of Exhibitions at the Workshop SchoolLike many progressive schools, the students at the Workshop School, a non-selective high school in the School District of Philadelphia, present their work at the conclusion of each quarter.Assessment Opinion 3 Ways Student-Led Assessment Improves Learning in VirginiaA group of 11 school districts across Virginia came together with one goal: create more student-led assessment opportunities in our schools so students are more engaged in learning.
Assessment Opinion No, Students Don't Need GradesIt’s time to reimagine a classroom where students are driven by curiosity rather than a score, writes educator and author Mark Barnes.
Assessment Opinion Our Quest to Personalize Competency-Based Learning in New HampshireNew Hampshire's Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) has been a quest to deepen and personalize competency-based learning for all students.Assessment Are the ACT or SAT Good Substitutes for State Tests? New Study Raises QuestionsA new study raises questions about how easily states can use the SAT or ACT instead of their required high school achievement tests.
Assessment Opinion Try a Simple Speaking Assessment to Close the SemesterAround the end of the semester, I like to use a simple speaking activity that accomplishes several things at once.
