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- Assessment Report Roundup High SchoolWhen students experience a rough freshman year of high school, they usually don't recover from it, finds a new study by the University of Chicago's Consortium on School Research.
Assessment Opinion Picking the Perfect Problem: The Heart of Project-Based LearningProject-based learning at its best provides a unique opportunity for students to develop a range of knowledge and skills inaccessible in more traditional models of learning. Projects must be designed to build students' understanding of content while also addressing real needs in the community that connect to student interests and abilities. Getting the three central criteria right - the curriculum, the students, and the context - leads to the perfect problem.Assessment New SAT Yields Higher Scores, But Don't Be FooledA record number of students from the class of 2017 took the revised SAT. But don’t try comparing this year’s scores to last year’s.Assessment Opinion Performance Assessments and Students with DisabilitiesPerformance assessments have the potential to ensure that instruction for students with disabilities is aligned with state standards.Assessment Good Common-Core Test Scores Get You Accepted to College in This StateSouth Dakota becomes the first state to offer guaranteed admission to students based on their performance on the Smarter Balanced exam.
Assessment Opinion A New Grading System Meets a Critic's Empty WordsWhen schools step up to consider new ways to engage and motivate students they should be lauded.Assessment Report Roundup Research Report: Charter SchoolsA new study finds lasting, positive effects for students who attend KIPP's prekindergarten program and then go on to enroll in one of the charter school network's elementary programs.Assessment Students' Scores Inch Up on ACT ExamThis year's gains were especially notable for Hispanic students, whose college-readiness scores rose even as they took the exam in greater numbers.
Assessment Opinion Test Scores Don't Tell the Whole Story (Q&A)School success is often measured by test scores, but they don’t paint an accurate picture, says Jack Schneider.Assessment News in Brief Pitch to Scale Back Collection of AP Data Raises EyebrowsThe U.S. Department of Education is weighing changes to its signature Civil Rights Data Collection for the coming school year, including asking districts for new information on computer science and internet connectivity, while scaling back requirements for collecting Advanced Placement test data.Assessment Opinion Better Formative Feedback: Work Worth Doing in a Place Worth BeingWhile everything about a learning environment may provide formative feedback to students, not everything qualifies as formative assessment. Here is what we do know about what formative assessment is and how it works.Assessment Opinion Greatest Threat to Competency Based Learning Part IIWe agree on the need for milestones and accountability, but what are the best measures of whether a school is truly helping its students progress to the next grade level, college or career readiness?
Assessment Opinion Assessment as an On-Ramp for Agency and PersonalizationWhen reflection, relevance, and real choice become core design principles for assessment, they can offer powerful on-ramps to move toward student agency and personalized learning.Assessment Grade Inflation Is Greater in Wealthier Schools, Study SaysA new study finds that grades are rising more at private and suburban schools more than they are in urban schools, a trend that experts worry puts low-income students at a disadvantage as they apply to college.Assessment More Students to Take SAT OnlineThe College Board will allow more students to take the college entrance exam on a computer, but the digital format is still available only to a small fraction of all test-takers.
