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Assessment and standards

Leadership series: Six-figure teacher salaries? Yes, in this superintendent’s district

Micah Ward -
When Superintendent Scott Muri took the helm at Ector County ISD in 2019, it had an 18% teacher vacancy rate and was one of the lowest-performing districts in the state. Now, its teachers can make up to $100,000 a year.

How one college prep site rates your school system on 3 big priorities

Matt Zalaznick -
It's hard to argue that superintendents and their leadership teams have three higher priorities than student success, school quality, and the safety of everyone who learns and works in their district.

Accountability and accreditation are not the same. Which is more important?

Matt Zalaznick -
The metrics of state accountability systems are often out of sync with bigger-picture accreditation evaluations—and the disconnect hinders the ability of schools and districts to improve, according to a new report.

At least a dozen more Virginia high schools under fire for delaying National Merit awards

Matt Zalaznick -
Administrators have also been accused of equity-driven attempts to level the playing field for students who didn't qualify for the scholarships at the expense of higher achievers.

What Florida’s 2023 Superintendent of the Year will offer at FETC

Micah Ward -
Superintendent of Putnam County Schools Rick Surrency will share his tour of Finland's schools in 2022, where his outlook on education changed forever.

3 helpful tips for district leaders to improve the power of digital assessment

Madeleine Mortimore -
With a few simple shifts that reduce stress and barriers, digital assessment can become representative of students’ knowledge, not their ability to use technology.

3 ways leaders can begin to reverse a widening achievement gap

Matt Zalaznick -
The highest and lowest achievers in a typical fifth-grade classroom pre-COVID were separated by as many as seven grade levels. That has widened, new research shows.

More colleges are doing away with test requirements for good

Micah Ward -
At least 1,835 U.S. colleges have implemented test-free or test-optional admissions in the hopes of developing a more diverse pool of applicants, although student access to high school AP or IB courses will remain a factor in their acceptance.

Who is on the positive side of the growing gender gap in education?

Matt Zalaznick -
The gap exists in every U.S. state, beginning in elementary school and lasting through college graduation, according to new research conducted by the nonprofit public policy organization Brookings.

Math and reading scores crash hard on Nation’s Report Card

Matt Zalaznick -
A historic decline in math scores on the Nation's Report Card delivers perhaps the starkest verdict yet on the pandemic's "profound toll" on learning. 

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