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Assessment and standards

Let’s make COVID the catalyst for closing long-standing achievement gaps

Ryan Patenaude -
Here are three key requirements for success

How COVID increased the urgency to revamp K-12’s approach to grading

Matt Zalaznick -
Nearly one-third of students in grades three through 12 earned at last one F in their report cards while Santa Fe Public Schools was on remote instruction.

High school students were making progress in 2 key areas before COVID struck

Matt Zalaznick -
On the eve of COVID, high school students were making progress in two high-priority areas: they were earning more credits and taking more rigorous STEM courses. 

By scrapping a high-stakes exam, has one big state really reduced K-12 testing?

Matt Zalaznick -
A promise to end standardized testing in Florida is not what it seems, teachers said this week after Gov. Ron DeSantis launched the state's new assessment system.

Why 2 districts say moving to equitable grading gives students more hope

Matt Zalaznick -
'Equitable grading' in Nothern California is reducing students' fear of failure and, proponent says, providing a clearer picture of the specific skills students have mastered.

Remembering Dewey’s charge: Preparing students for life in an uncertain world

Laura Bond and Richard Cohen and Lauren Fullmer and Maurice J Elias -
Preparing students for constructive, committed, informed engagement in our democracy is the most important moral imperative facing school administrators today.

4 big ways the pandemic is changing assessment in schools

Ashley Norris -
In the area of assessment, our collective experience with designing and delivering online tests at such scale over the past two years has given us some good tea leaves to read.

Why educators need to be really clear about the benefits of testing

Matt Zalaznick -
But the future of testing post-COVID may be driven more by politics than by what educators most want to know about their students' progress, says one expert.

Schools are back: How 3 superintendents are meeting challenges head-on

Chris Burt -
Despite occasional shifts to remote learning, robust supports have been key to keeping students on track in 2022.

How can we make standardized testing more valuable? Dump accountability.

Matt Zalaznick -
Though many students are likely to spend most of this school year learning in-person, short-term shifts back to remote instruction could again chip away at the reliability of year-end assessments.

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