Building Professional Learning Communities
How my bicycle paceline taught me the seven things teachers need most in their professional learning communities.
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A Formative Assessment Journey
As she takes a new job at the Center, with new challenges to explore, an expert finds herself in the unsettling and exciting role of learner.
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Consider Backward Assessment Design
If an assessment is meant to help teachers get insight into student learning and adjust their instruction, test designers must start with the end in mind.
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What is Text Dependent Analysis?
Teaching students to analyze complex text is crucial in the age of misinformation. Our comprehensive new toolkit on text dependent analysis can help.
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Can We Stop Obsessing About the Effects of Remote Instruction on Student Learning?
Let’s start talking about student learning recovery and stop focusing on the impact of remote instruction during the pandemic.
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Let’s Not Repeat the Past Mistakes in K-12 Reading Instruction and Assessment
There is a science behind reading instruction that must be followed to ensure reading comprehension goes beyond just the foundational skills.
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Instructing and Assessing 21st Century Skills
A Focus on Creativity The Center for Assessment is partnering with PBLWorks to provide tools and resources supporting project-based instruction and assessment of 21st Century skills. In early 2020, we produced literature reviews and […]
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What Leads to Positive Changes in Student Learning?
The Relationships Between Instructional Practices and the Instructional Core Regarding Student Learning This is the third post by one of our 2021 summer interns based on their project and the assessment and […]
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The Center is Getting Emotional about Assessment
Part 4: How School Leaders Can Use SEL Data to Support Student and Staff Wellbeing During a Global Pandemic This is the final post in a four-part series on social […]
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The Center is Getting Emotional about Assessment
Part 3: How Districts Can Use Assessment to Support Social and Emotional Learning This is the third in a four-part series on social and emotional learning (SEL) assessment by Center […]
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The Center is Getting Emotional about Assessment
Part 2: What States Can Do to Support Balanced SEL Assessment Systems This is the second in a four-part series on social and emotional learning (SEL) assessment by Center associate […]
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The Center is Getting Emotional about Assessment
Part 1: Making the Case for Social and Emotional Learning Assessment This is the first in a four-part series on social and emotional learning (SEL) assessment by Center associate Chris […]
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Instructing & Assessing 21st Century Skills: Guidance for Educators: Best Practices Related to Classroom Assessment Design and Grading & Reporting for 21st Century Skills
The Seventh of a 7-Part Series on Research and Best Practices Related to Instruction and Assessment of 21st Century Skills This is the final post in a series of seven […]
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Instructing & Assessing 21st Century Skills: Key Measurement & Assessment Considerations
The Sixth in a 7-Part Series on Research and Best Practices Related to Instruction and Assessment of 21st Century Skills This is the sixth in a series of seven posts […]
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Instructing & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Critical Thinking
The Fifth in a 7-Part Series on Research and Best Practices Related to Instruction and Assessment of 21st Century Skills This is the fifth in a series of seven posts […]
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Instructing & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Complex Communication
The Third in a 7-Part Series on Research and Best Practices Related to Instruction and Assessment of 21st Century Skills This is the third in a series of seven posts […]
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Instructing & Assessing 21st Century Skills: A Focus on Collaboration
The Second in a 7-Part Series on Research and Best Practices Related to Instruction and Assessment of 21st Century Skills This is the second in a series of seven posts […]
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Instructing & Assessing 21st Century Skills
The First in a 7-Part Series on Research and Best Practices Related to Instruction and Assessment of 21st Century Skills This is the first in a series of seven weekly […]
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