Competency-based education (CBE) reform has become a priority in many local and state education agencies. An oft-cited goal of CBE is to reduce inequities in student achievement outcomes and achievement […]
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Setting the Foundation: Frameworks for Assessment, Context, and Literacy Fit the Assessment to Intended Purpose and Uses – Erika Hall Assessments: Beyond the Claims – Jeri Thompson Assessment Literacy Framework […]
This paper describes how the Common Assignment Study approach of using common instructional units can support teacher effectiveness and improvement efforts in Colorado.
Assessment in the Classroom – Bringing It All Together Thursday, September 18th Agenda Time Topic 7:30am Registration & Breakfast 8:30am Welcome to the 2014 Reidy Interactive Lecture SeriesBrian Gong, Center […]
This document was developed in 2010-2011 by national content experts, researchers, and master teachers from across the U.S., using empirical research and the Common Core State Standards in English Language […]
The three expanded grade-level views (for grades K-4, 5-8, and high school) of the Learning Progressions Frameworks for K-12 Mathematics show how smaller learning progressions can be drawn from the […]
This paper provides a foundation for developing and using replacement units to help local educators upgrade their curriculum and instruction to meet the expectations in the Common Core State Standards. […]
Text complexity is often difficult to describe and even harder to attend to in meaningful ways in large-scale reading assessments. This paper provides a research synthesis that sheds light on […]
Comprehensive Assessment Systems to Improve Student Learning October 4th-6th Agenda Session I Comprehensive Assessment SystemsStanley Rabinowitz, WestEd Session II Establishing Learning Goals for Formative AssessmentBrian Gong, Center for Assessment Session […]
This presentation, from the Council of Chief State School Officers’ 2006 conference on large-scale assessment, is an overview of the key features of formative and classroom assessment systems.
The research for this article goes beyond the typical readability formulas used in test and textbook development. Factors that influence increasing text complexity are identified and text descriptors for grades […]
High quality local assessment systems may offer great promise for truly improving teaching and learning. Yet these designs are not without their challenges. In this CCSSO presentation we discuss and […]
High quality local assessment systems may offer great promise for truly improving teaching and learning. Yet these designs are not without their challenges. In this CCSSO presentation we discuss and […]