This July the National Academy Foundation (NAF), a network of more than 460 academies across the U.S. serving more than 60,000 students, launched a student certification assessment system to drive real college and career readiness. Recently, NAF partnered with ConnectEDU to track college and career readiness by providing real-time reports on engagement and academic progress. Read Full Post >
Yesterday the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation awarded $100,000 to the top five teams in an assessment scoring competition. The goal was to build software systems that could grade short answer responses on state standardized tests as accurately as trained experts--a more difficult challenge than the essay competition held in the first quarter of this year where the winning algorithms equaled experts. Read Full Post >
School districts ditch traditional letter grades in favor of more complex grading reports Read Full Post >
The implementation of Common Core State Standards affects both instruction and assessment of students. Kate Garrison, AMLE author and director of professional development with Measured Progress, offers suggestions for successfully assessing students with CCSS in mind. Read Full Post >
Just 1 percent of English-learners in 8th and 12th grade scored at or above proficient on the writing NAEP. Read Full Post >
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium has convened two expert panels to advise on how best to ensure that English-language learners and students with disabilities can fully and fairly demonstrate their knowledge on the new tests pegged to the common core standards. Read Full Post >
Critics say assessment doesn't cover all state standards and lacks national comparison component Read Full Post >
Marc Tucker responds to educator Marion Brady's objections to the common core state standards. Read Full Post >
A new study shows that introverted children make fewer academic gains in preschool. Read Full Post >
States are preparing for January 2014, when computers will become the only way to take the exam. Read Full Post >
