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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 NAEP vs. PISA? Hands down, It's PISAPISA's collection of background data provides policymakers critical insights beyond just student performance. Marc Tucker makes the case that NAEP should collect similar information.
Assessment Opinion Mo'olelo: Building a Culturally Responsive Framework for AssessmentWe've produced a series of podcasts to share the voices of students, educators, and others who are reimagining assessment and experiencing assessment for learning. The first podcast, fittingly, profiles a project that grounds assessment in the Hawaiian practice of mo'olelo (storytelling) to build a culturally responsive framework for assessment.Assessment Report Roundup Report Roundup: English Language LearnersDesignating early-elementary students who are close to being proficient in English as English-language learners can have "significant and positive effects on [their] academic achievement," a new study concludes.
Assessment Opinion Real-World Learning at the Workshop SchoolFor this edition of Friday Focus: Practitioner's Guide to Next Gen Learning, we spoke to Matt Riggan, co-founder of the Workshop School in Philadelphia.Assessment Opinion What Does an International Assessment Tell Us About Collaborative Problem Solving?New results from an assessment of 15-year-olds from 57 nations provide some answers about how well students work with others to solve problems.
Assessment Opinion Teacher as Director: Four Questions to Promote Small Group CollaborationPoke your head into any school around the country and you are likely to see students working in small groups. Why do educators see small group collaboration as a model to facilitate learning?
Assessment What 150 Years of Education Statistics Say About Schools TodayEven before there was a federal education department, there was a federal education statistics agency. The National Center for Education Statistics turns 150 this year and a look at its studies over those years shows just how much American schooling has grown and changed.Assessment Opinion Student Success in a Fast-Evolving World at Loveland High SchoolThe school's sights are focused on the future. Tomorrow's world will value critical thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, intellectual agility, adaptability, entrepreneurship, and effective communication (in every form). Loveland High School teachers and leaders know that traditional teacher-directed classes won't engage students or set them up for success in this fast-evolving world.
Assessment Personalized-Learning Case Studies: Lessons From 3 SchoolsThese mini-case studies examine three common struggles for personalized-learning schools: training teachers, differentiating instruction, and letting students work at their own pace.
Assessment Video The Aftermath of the Atlanta Test Cheating ScandalEleven Atlanta educators convicted of conspiracy in one of the nation’s largest cheating scandals are just now beginning their appeals, more than two years after they were sentenced to prison. Nearly 200 educators in Atlanta public schools were caught up in the scandal, suspected of erasing and correcting student answers on standardized tests, in order to boost scores. They were under enormous pressure from the federal No Child Left Behind law and from their own superintendent, Beverly Hall, who set targets even higher than the federal government. Thousands of students were impacted, and now, many years later, the district has set up a program to offer extra help to those students who remain in Atlanta public schools. We spoke with those at the heart of the case – an educator, the judge, the district attorney, and students who are about to graduate.Assessment Opinion What's Behind the Plateau in Test Scores?Recently released test results show a familiar pattern: stagnation after increases. What can schools do to break this trend?Assessment Digital Transition Delays NAEP Reading, Math Results Until SpringNew reading and math results from the Nation's Report Card will be delayed until spring as federal officials conduct studies to ensure this year's results are comparable to prior years.Assessment Thousands of Tests Scored Incorrectly in TennesseeThousands of tests were scored incorrectly in Tennessee. The vendor has fixed the problem, but it's taking a toll in a state that's endured several rounds of problems with its assessments.
Assessment Does Test Prep Harm Teaching? Maybe Not as Much as We ThinkExplicit test preparation is associated with small declines in the quality of lessons, but not consistently.Assessment Opinion World Class Work Takes Models, Practice, Revision and SupportWe've visited thousands of high schools around the world and seen young people doing world-class work both inside and outside the classroom. Here are the common conditions, cultures and connections we've observed that power this world-class work.
