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Assessment and standards

Why data is the key to improving your student assessments

Kevin Stringfellow -
If you're like most teachers, you've found yourself, at some point, delivering a lecture only to notice you don't have the attention of your class.

Here comes fresh guidance in choosing the right testing platforms

Matt Zalaznick -
Interim exams that support immediate instructional decisions have become a key tool for measuring unfinished learning as districts work to recover from the pandemic.

What the latest test results from 3 states say about academic acceleration

Matt Zalaznick -
High-dosage tutoring, high-quality instruction and summer school are fulling their promise of reversing pandemic learning loss, according to asessment results from one southern state.

State of the education market: Are schools giving educators what they want?

Matt Zalaznick -
Annual report gauges the use and availability of teaching materials that are aligned to college and career-ready standards, and how lessons are being modified or supplemented.

10 most rigorous high schools in the U.S. ranked in ‘Challenge Index’

Matt Zalaznick -
Being economically challenged does not prevent students at IDEA McAllen College Prep from having access to the No. 1 most challenging curriculum in the U.S.

Why school districts need to start measuring college and career readiness now

Jennifer Coisson, Ph.D. -
Districts can do better to ensure their students are effectively prepared for college and careers by administering readiness feedback surveys as early as middle school. 

Did graduation rates tumble during COVID? Yes, but some schools set records

Matt Zalaznick -
The 2021 graduate rate set a record at Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland. Across the country in Nevada, Washoe County Schools' graduation rate slipped.

Best high school rankings: These are the top 3 in each state

Matt Zalaznick -
The top public high schools, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report, span all regions of the country, from Virginia to Florida to Texas to Washington.

Top 10 states where the most in-person learning occurred during COVID

Matt Zalaznick -
"School closures may ultimately prove to be the most costly policy decision of the pandemic era." That's the somber conclusion made by researchers taking a fresh look at the economic and other impacts of COVID. 

Three school years into COVID, are students gaining ground or still sliding?

Matt Zalaznick -
Though many schools have held in-person instruction during most of 2021-22, one set of widely used assessments shows student performance in year two of the pandemic is lower than during the first year.

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