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Assessment

To help students close COVID gaps, prioritize specific standards

A director of curriculum explains how his district is teaching students last year’s and this year’s skills at the same time.

Nation’s Report Card shows big slide in scores as achievement gaps grow

Math and reading scores for 13-year-olds fell, and fell sharply, for the first time in the history of the long-term Nation’s Report Card, based on tests conducted prior to the COVID outbreak.

Brand new list ranks 80 percent of the best elementary and middle schools

Elementary and middle school are not ranked nationally in new U.S News directory that is based on students’ scores on state math and reading/language arts assessments.

Delta variant forcing districts to find new ways to assess learning

We need to shift our mindset and embrace an actionable approach to formative assessment that’s a seamless part of the regular instructional cycle.

Florida scraps major year-end test to sharpen focus on student growth

End-of-year FSA test will be replaced with the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking program, which will consist of shorter tests throughout the school year to track student growth.

12 things we know and don’t know about pandemic’s impact on students

Full academic and social-emotional impacts of the pandemic are still unknown due to testing disruptions and difficulties tracking student wellbeing
Fri Aug 13th, 2021

6 ways to help students bounce back after a tough academic year

Students across most grades and subject areas made learning gains in 2020-21, but at a lower rate compared to pre-pandemic trends, according to new NWEA research.

Wed Jul 28th, 2021

School administrators, educators have new resource to help identify, reduce significant disproportionality in special education

The 2021 Disproportionality in Special Education: Where, Why and How It Occurs -- Second Edition outlines everything you need to know to comply with IDEA requirements regarding significant disproportionality.
Mon Jul 26th, 2021

State of K-12 report reveals 6 key themes for future of learning

Instructure’s annual report highlights the importance of teachers, engagement, equity and technology.
Mon Jun 21st, 2021

Report: Lack of COVID-era report cards left families ‘in the dark’

States missed a valuable opportunity to use school report cards to help parents better understand how COVID disrupted student learning, a new report says.
Wed May 26th, 2021

Interrupted, not lost: 5 questions about ed-tech’s role in recovery

One ed-tech expert calls 'learning loss' narrow deficit language that misdiagnoses the broader set of challenges educators, students and families are striving to overcome.
Wed May 19th, 2021