Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Keyword: Curriculum and Instruction

Digital Professional Learning for K–12 Teachers: Literature Review and Analysis

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers’ work has had to shift to online spaces, requiring learning to be adapted to different mediums. Changes in learning also extends to teachers’ own learning, as professional learning has been moved into online environments. Given the abruptness of the shift to online-based professional learning, developers and facilitators may […]

Case Reviews: Implementing the Spirit of Formative Assessment

The following resource provides vignettes about teachers who are attempting to implement formative assessment in their schools. The two vignettes are from a study by Earl and Timperley (2014) that showcase examples from a secondary school mathematics department. The first case shows an example of a teacher implementing the “letter” of formative assessment. In the […]

California Analysis for Learning and Engagement (CALE)

CALE is a critical needs sensing and research-to-policy initiative that is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that conducts on research on California policy priorities, particularly curriculum and instructional systems, teacher preparation, and post-secondary pathways. CALE researchers will post reports and briefs to share timely and relevant insights from ongoing research work.

Los Angeles County Office of Education Performance Task Development Project: A Case Study

This report provides insight into the Performance Task Development Project (PTDP), a partnership between the Building Educator Assessment Literacy (at WestEd) and the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE), and its work with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE). PTDP focused on hands-on workshops that provided LACOE teachers with opportunities to […]

Expanding California Districts’ Curriculum-Focused Professional Learning

As part of efforts to inform California education leaders about key policy topics impacting California schooling, California Analysis for Learning and Engagement has developed a series of research briefs to share pertinent research analysis. In this brief, Reino Makkonen and Joy Lewis draw on existing research, survey results, and key California support resources to identify […]