Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Combination of Limited College Admission Testing and “Test-Optional” Policies Set off a Scramble
The Covid-era mix is shaping up as a worst-case scenario from an equity perspective.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
AP Classes Move to YouTube with Unannounced Celebrity Guests
Trevor Packer, head of the Advanced Placement Program at the College Board, on offering tests and education amid the Coronavirus crisis.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
On Education, Bloomberg Candidacy Would Be Game-Changing
“Too many politicians are afraid.” Not Mayor Bloomberg.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Strengthening Standards, Teaching and Tests in a Deep Red State
An interview with John White, Louisiana's state superintendent of schools
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Why School Ratings Should Stress Learning Gains
A recent national study found that many schools with low achievement were at the same time producing average or better growth. Conversely, student growth in schools with few disadvantaged students varied widely,
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
How to Reverse Grade Inflation and Help Students Reach Their Potential
A new study looks at how easy or hard it is today to get a good grade in high school and whether that has changed over time.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
Past Is Prologue on Common Core Tests
The improvements in the nation’s tests in recent years are real. Education leaders need to hold firm on these advances in the rigor and technical quality of their tests, even as they take on the next steps of aligning high-quality curriculum and instruction
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
How the Common Core Changed Standardized Testing
In many states, assessments have advanced considerably over the previous generation of assessments.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
EdStat: Four of the 5 States with F Grades in 2009 Achieved a C+ or Higher for Their Proficiency Standards in 2017
Researchers at Education Next have graded state proficiency standards on an A–F scale since 2005.
Standards, Testing, and Accountability
EdStat: 69 Percent of Americans Support Laws Allowing States to Take Control of Local Districts Where Academic Performance Has Been Low for Several Years
Teachers are less favorable toward these laws but nevertheless lean toward support.
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