Seven big themes and five design challenges anchor social studies guidelines that will help teachers develop graduates who can participate in a democratic and diverse society.
The 2021 Preparing Test-Resistant Students for Assessments: A Staff Training Guide offers tools and strategies to reduce test resistance in students with and without disabilities.
An 'misaligned' web of early learning assessments" makes it hard to determine how much students learn during preschool through grade 2, a new report finds.
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.
School districts have an "avalanche" of COVID relief money coming their way; the hard part will be spending it wisely, says Michael J. Petrilli of the Fordham Institute.
While some applauded the flexibility from accountability and reporting, the requirement to administer statewide summative tests has been met with concern in many quarters.
A Structured Literacy approach is essential for effective reading instruction, and explicit language teaching is essential to Structured Literacy. In this webinar, renowned literacy expert and author Dr. Louisa Moats identifies the content and procedures for teaching Structured Literacy, and outlines how educators should teach phoneme awareness, morphological awareness, phoneme-grapheme correspondences, and syllable patterns within […]
The pandemic and subsequent switch to distance learning, combined with the renewed emphasis on racial justice, have focused a spotlight on social and emotional learning (SEL). More than ever, schools are prioritizing SEL competencies and finding ways to integrate SEL into virtual, blended and in-person learning environments. Watch this webinar with behavior experts Dr. Jessica […]
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.
