Assessment Group Uses Students' Feedback to Build Tests
Education Week gets a glimpse of the little-known process called "cognitive labs," in which students try out the features of items during test design. Read Full Post >
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December 07, 2012
December 04, 2012
Smarter Balanced Updates Common-Core Tech. Requirements
The assessment consortium has released a document outlining minimum technology requirements and guidelines for testing in 2014-15. Read Full Post >
November 29, 2012
Wireless Generation Wins Contract for Common Assessments
In partnership with ETS, the company will develop an open-source system for collecting and analyzing results from common assessments in 25 states. Read Full Post >
November 27, 2012
Will Common Core State Standards Accelerate or Slow Innovation?
Some friends are working on a paper on the topic of common standards and innovation. The primary question is how and whether the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will accelerate or slow innovation. Read Full Post >
November 26, 2012
Michigan Program Prepares Students for Common-Core Testing
Thousands of Michigan students participated in a pilot program that administered an online version of the social studies portion of the state's standardized test. Read Full Post >
November 26, 2012
Resisting 'Downward Pressure' of Common Core in Early Education
The National Association for the Education of Young Children has released a paper to help early-childhood educators prepare for the pressures of the Common Core State Standards for K-12. Read Full Post >
November 15, 2012
Top 10 Questions to Ask Common Core Vendors
The implementation of Common Core State Standards is intended to create change in our nation's public education system ... not put change in the pockets of the American publishing industry. Read Full Post >
November 14, 2012
Testing Groups Work on Accessibility for English-Learners
Experts from Smarter Balanced and PARCC share details on work going on to ensure that English-learners have full access to the common assessments being designed to measure the Common Core State Standards. Read Full Post >
October 26, 2012
Competency-Based Learning: 10 Elements, 10 Tools, & 10 Policies
A policymaker at the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) Virtual School Symposium (VSS) said, "We want to advance competency-based learning, what kind of bill should we introduce?" Let's start by looking at the 10 design elements of a competency-based system (an update of a May blog). Read Full Post >
October 24, 2012
College Board Puts Spotlight on Needs of ELLs, New Kinds of Tests
Embarking on his tenure as College Board president, David Coleman puts an unusual spotlight on English-learners. Read Full Post >
