Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Grade Level: Elementary School (K-5)

The Core Six: 6 Essential Teaching Strategies for Excellence

What if you only had time and money to use and purchase six tools to teach your entire curriculum? What would those six tools be? According to the authors, those six tools are: (1) Reading for Meaning, (2) Compare and Contrast, (3) Inductive Learning, (4) Circle of Knowledge, (5) Write to Learn, and (6) Vocabulary’s […]

Science Assessments: Innovations in the Next Generation of State Assessments

The Alliance for Excellent Education and the K-12 Center at ETS collaborated to present this webinar discussing options for science assessment aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The webinar provided an overview of the NGSS, and panelists discussed activities in states that have adopted them; outlined options for assessment; and described efforts already underway […]

Artful Connections with Math

Lesson plans and training videos for 2nd and 3rd grade teachers are provided by the Armory Center for the Arts. The purpose of the lesson plans is to to advance learning and achievement in math among struggling student populations. The lessons are hands-on to engage and motivate all styles of learners, particularly visual and kinesthetic. […]

Promoting STEM Career Interest in the Classroom: An Exploratory Study Linking Teacher Professional Development with Changes in Teaching Practices

This resource highlights a study within Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST), a program solicitation from the National Science Foundation. The ITEST program funds foundational and applied research projects addressing the development, implementation, and dissemination of innovative strategies, tools, and models for engaging students to be aware of STEM and cognate careers, and […]

The 5×8 Card

The 5×8 Card is designed for (and with) school principals to help them observe students’ use of Practice Standards that are an integral part of the Common Core State Standards Mathematics (CCSS-M). The Card was developed by a Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) team working in collaboration with math leaders and principals from two California school […]

Academic Word Finder

Academic Word Finder is a tool to support educators interested in identifying academic vocabulary words in text. The tool is designed to identify tier two words from a given text. To use the tool, educators upload text selections that they wish to analyze. Once text analysis is complete, word lists are generated for review and include words designated […]