To address disappointing reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Educational Testing Service has released assessment-based solutions to the nation’s “reading crisis.”
Re-centering and refocusing measurement systems and assessments on inputs will allow us to develop practices that more closely align with student needs. Equitable assessments are
Assessment should serve as a multifaceted analytical instrument for ongoing reflection. When used as an evaluative tool that combines qualitative and quantitative factors as one
Teacher-created performance assessments can lead to deeper learning and powerful changes in instructional climate.
American students have never had more access to digital devices for reading in and out of school. Now emerging research and troubling results on the
Placing prompts throughout a text challenges students to analyze and interpret what they read—improving reading comprehension.
Education researchers are considering how to predict when a given assignment will generate the optimal amount of persistence in a student. At issue, researchers say,
A group of Georgia high-school students has designed and built carnival-type attractions such as a ring toss, cornhole and a mini-golf course to learn the
A loss of confidence, particularly in middle grades, can disengage students in STEM and other subjects, asserts instructional coach Aaron Maurer. In this blog post,
Economics professors Andrew Hill of Montana State University and Daniel Jones of the University of South Carolina conclude in the study that “looping,” in which
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