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Grading and Assessment: How to Best Measure Student Success
This report explores the impact of grading policies and practices on student assessment, and the impact of GPAs on students’ futures.
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Competency-Based Education: What It Is and How to Pull It Off
Competency-based education can upend more than a century of tradition in K-12 schools. How schools have made it work.
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Projects, Portfolios, and Performance Assessments
Alternatives to traditional testing aren’t new to schools but interest in them is resurging. What lessons did educators learn from the last go-around with performance measurement? What’s new now?
Assessment Why the Pioneers of High School Exit Exams Are Rolling Them BackMassachusetts is doing away with a decades-old graduation requirement. What will take its place?Assessment K-12 Essentials Forum Making Competency-Based Learning a RealityJoin this free virtual event to hear from educators and experts working to implement competency-based education.
Assessment Massachusetts Voters Poised to Ditch High School Exit ExamThe support for nixing the testing requirement could foreshadow public opinion on state standardized testing in general.
Assessment This School Didn't Like Traditional Grades. So It Created Its Own SystemPrincipals at this middle school said the transition to the new system took patience and time.
Assessment Opinion 'Academic Rigor Is in Decline.' A College Professor Reflects on AP ScoresThe College Board’s new tack on AP scoring means fewer students are prepared for college.
Assessment Opinion Students Shouldn't Have to Pass a State Test to Graduate High SchoolThere are better ways than high-stakes tests to think about whether students are prepared for their next step, writes a former high school teacher.Assessment Webinar How to Tackle Key Grading Reform Challenges as a School LeaderSponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.Join our expert-led webinar to tackle the two biggest challenges school leaders face during grading reform.
Assessment Opinion Why Are Advanced Placement Scores Suddenly So High?In 2024, nearly three-quarters of students passed the AP U.S. History exam, compared with less than half in 2022.
Assessment Grades and Standardized Test Scores Aren't Matching Up. Here's WhyResearchers have found discrepancies between student grades and their scores on standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT.
Assessment Why Are States So Slow to Release Test Scores?Nearly a dozen states still haven't put out scores from spring tests. What's taking so long?
Assessment A District’s Experiment: What Happens When Schools Do Less Testing?Los Angeles Unified will excuse some schools from periodic assessments. Supporters hope it will inspire new ways to measure learning.
Assessment From Our Research Center What Educators Have to Say About Competency-Based EducationTeachers, principals, and district leaders shared skepticism and optimism for the learning model.Assessment Webinar Unlocking the Full Power of Fall MAP Growth DataSponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.Maximize NWEA MAP Growth data this fall! Join our webinar to discover strategies for driving student growth and improving instruction.
Assessment From Our Research Center It's Hard to Shift to Competency-Based Learning. These Strategies Can HelpEducators are interested in the model and supportive of some of its key components, even if largely unfamiliar with the practice.
Assessment Explainer What Is Standards-Based Grading, and How Does It Work?Schools can retool to make instruction more personalized and student-centered. But grading is a common sticking point.
