Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Analytical Thinking
Guidance on defining and assessing analytical thinking, a skill that’s increasingly important to students’ future success.
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Assessment Guidance for Portraits of Learners
An exploration of key considerations, and a framework, for exhibitions of learning.
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What Happens to Performance Assessment If We Use It for Accountability?
Those who promote using performance assessment for accountability may want to stop and consider exactly what they want to argue for.
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Full STEAM Ahead on Scientific Innovations in Artistic Environments
Science, technology, and the arts (STEAM) combine to provide exceptional educational value and innovation to students.
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Enhancing the Impact of Performance Assessments on Instruction
A Research-Based Framework Monitoring the Use of Performance Assessments to Promote Positive Instructional Change This is the fourth post by one of our 2021 summer interns based on their project and the […]
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Keeping up the PACE
Evaluating Grade 8 Student Achievement Outcomes for the NH PACE Program, an Innovative Assessment System This is the third in a series of posts by our 2020 summer interns and their mentors […]
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Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Self-Directed Learning
One in a series exploring research and best practices on defining, teaching and assessing 21st century skills.
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Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Complex Communication
One in a series exploring research and best practices on defining, teaching and assessing 21st century skills.
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Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Collaboration
One in a series exploring research and best practices on defining, teaching and assessing 21st century skills.
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Teaching & Assessing 21st Century Skills
The first in a series exploring research and best practices on defining, teaching and assessing 21st century skills.
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A Post-Mortem on Maine’s Proficiency-Based Graduation Requirement
Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Next Steps The Maine legislature passed a proficiency-based (also known elsewhere as competency-based or mastery-based) graduation requirement in 2012, which was recently repealed before it […]
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