Teachers need high-quality assessment data and the know-how to use it effectively to determine where their students will be this fall—particularly those facing the 'COVID Slide,' says DA guest columnist Jacob Bruno.

Reforms resulting from coronavirus closures might include blended learning where struggling students spend more time in classrooms while others take online classes.

Ideas are emerging for fall 2020 as school leaders foresee blending in-person and online learning for different groups of students on alternating days and in the evenings.

Alabaster City Schools, a previous Districts of Distinction honoree, is keeping in continual contact with students at risk of not graduating.