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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 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.
Special Report Competency-Based Education: What It Is and How to Pull It OffCompetency-based education can upend more than a century of tradition in K-12 schools. How schools have made it work.
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.
Assessment Letter to the Editor Are Advanced Placement Exams Becoming Easier?A letter to the editor reflects on changes to the College Board's Advanced Placement exams over the years.
Assessment Opinion ‘Fail Fast, Fail Often’: What a Tech-Bro Mantra Can Teach Us About GradingI was tied to traditional grading practices—until I realized they didn’t reflect what I wanted students to learn: the power of failure.
Assessment See How AP Exam Scores Have Changed Over TimeThe College Board adopted a new methodology for scoring AP exams which has resulted in higher passing rates.
Assessment Here’s Why More Students Have Passed AP Exams in Recent YearsIt isn't that the exams became easier, according to the College Board.
Assessment How a District Used the Biliteracy Seal to Expand Language InstructionThe St. Paul public schools in Minnesota has seen success in its Karen language program.
Assessment Video How a State Seal of Biliteracy Inspired This District to Teach a New LanguageMinnesota's seal of biliteracy program has resulted in one district creating a Karen language program and assessment.
Assessment Should Teachers Be Tough Graders? Here's What They Have to SayTeachers on social media give their opinions on whether stricter grading helps their students learn more.
Assessment The State of Teaching, 2024 Edition Where Teachers Say the Pressure to Change Grades Comes FromTeachers are more likely to be pressured by parents than school leaders.Assessment Webinar Standards-Based Grading Roundtable: What We've Achieved and Where We're HeadedSponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of Education Week's editorial staff.
