Curriculum & Assessment Resources
Resources and tools to keep district leaders up-to-date on best practices, lessons learned and emerging trends in curriculum and assessment.
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February 01, 2017
Busting Myths About English Language LearnersType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentA teacher-training professor describes three widespread misunderstandings that shortchange students who speak minimal or no English. -
February 01, 2017
What Do Experts Recommend for Literacy Models?Type:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentAcademic researchers have well-formed ideas about what works -
February 01, 2017
What We Learned About Supporting Staff GrowthType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentColorado's Boulder Valley District partnered with the teachers' association to devise a better evaluation system. -
February 01, 2017
Superintendents Who Model Family LiteracyType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentSteve Anderson sat down one fall day in 2015 for an intimate story time with 600 kindergartners and 1st graders, the junior high school cheerleading team and a giant hamster in a football jersey. -
January 01, 2017
Three Lessons for Schools Shifting Their GradingType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentLessons from the Solon Community School District in Iowa, one of the first in the country to use standards-based grading practices with all students. -
January 01, 2017
A Measured Approach to Measuring StudentsType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThe superintendent in Vancouver, Wash., on his district's use of broad and balanced indicators to assess performance, including his own. -
January 01, 2017
A Case for Standards-Based Grading and ReportingType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentAn expanded-format report card shares progress on student learning and work habits beyond a numerical mark. -
January 01, 2017
Measuring Learning and Readiness Through BadgingType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentAurora, Colo., has reimagined its Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness program, allowing students to earn evidence-based credentials proving the skills and knowledge they've attained. -
January 01, 2017
Keeping Score in Vancouver's SchoolsType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThe superintendent in Vancouver, Wash., on his district's use of broad and balanced indicators to assess performance, including his own. -
January 01, 2017
Redefining What’s Meant by QualityType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentAs long as we measure success by a test score, the achievement gap may never close. -
January 01, 2017
At the Speed of Teaching: Data’s New FrontierType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentYes, big data has its place, but medium and small data will inform classroom instruction more usefully for educators and students. -
December 01, 2016
Visible Progress for Personalized LearningType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentGrowing the comfort level for schools that give students responsibility for their own learning. -
December 01, 2016
A Comparison of Higher-Order Thinking Between the Common Core State Standards and the 2009 New Jersey Content Standards in High SchoolType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThe creators and supporters of the Common Core State Standards claim that the Standards require greater emphasis on higher-order thinking than previous state standards in mathematics and English language arts. -
December 01, 2016
Persuading the StaffType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThe administrator of one of the nation's first "flipped" schools learned from his failures when he attempted to persuade teachers to adopt a totally new approach to instruction. -
December 01, 2016
The Second Act of FlippingType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentTransitioning the classroom from direct instruction and worksheets to facilitation and supervised practice is Stage 1. Reinventing class time is the challenge of Stage 2. -
August 01, 2016
Resisting Test-Based Grade RetentionType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThe authors discovered how educators in a Georgia public school quietly undermined a state policy's harmful effects on students. -
August 01, 2016
Why Capable Students Fail in 9th GradeType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentA district-level study identifies the challenges in the transition to high school and sparks some new support measures. -
August 01, 2016
How Do You Disagree With Personalized Attention?Type:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentSchools that are part of AASA’s personalized learning cohort differ radically from the majority of public schools today. -
June 01, 2016
Length of the School Day and Its Influence on New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment ScoresType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThis paper presents results from an examination of the relationships between high school (HS) school day length and 2011 New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) Math and Language Arts Literacy test results. -
June 01, 2016
The Influence of the Length of the School Day on the Percentage of Proficient and Advanced Proficient Scores on the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge for Grades 6, 7, and 8Type:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThe study used over 600 public schools for each grade level/subject combination. For all grade level/subject combinations, socioeconomic status (SES) by far had the largest predictive contribution to the dependent variable compared to the other predictor variables.
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