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Assessment and standards

How parents’ online school reviews reflect racial disparities

Matt Zalaznick -
A majority of reviews on one website focused heavily on tests scores and were written by parents at schools in affluent neighborhoods, an analysis has found.

2 key issues for Biden: Testing and gender identity

Matt Zalaznick -
Biden administration's testing flexibility will not end the debate while the courts and Congress are likely to weigh in on gender identity, discrimination and athletics.

3 trends that will drive education forward in 2021

Jessie Woolley-Wilson -
Lessons learned from the pandemic will lead to greater broadband access, social-emotional learning, and formative learning models.

Biden administration requires testing, with flexibility for states

Charles Hendrix -
Biden administration guidance says schools should not require students to return to schools in person for 'the sole purpose of taking tests' and offers waivers for accountability systems.

What might match Biden’s impact on education policy?

Matt Zalaznick -
Why district administrators should be paying as much attention to the courts as to the Biden administration in the coming months.

How 5 states are reacting to Biden’s testing guidance

Charles Hendrix -
While some applauded the flexibility from accountability and reporting, the requirement to administer statewide summative tests has been met with concern in many quarters.

Here’s what a national tutoring system might look like

Matt Zalaznick -
To speed recovery from COVID learning loss, district leaders are adding tutoring programs that experts consider the most effective and equitable way to drive student growth.

7 eye-opening findings from an achievement gap map

Matt Zalaznick -
Interactive map plots state-level data on lower-income and higher-income eighth graders who scored below NAEP Basic on the 2019 reading and math assessments known as the Nation's Report Card.

How SAT shifts will impact college access and equity

Matt Zalaznick -
SAT essay and subject tests are eliminated as COVID drives more colleges and universities to end their reliance on the exams. Will these moves boost equity and access?

To save literacy, focus first on high-quality core instruction

Susan Lambert -
While it is absolutely the case that this moment is unlike any we've experienced before, it is also true that the current literacy crisis we're facing was entirely predictable.

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