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Focus on Hybrid Learning in Rural Education
The Region 15 Comprehensive Center, part of the federally-funded Comprehensive Center Network, is facilitating ongoing Community of Practice meetings that focus on rural education issues. State education agency staff, district and school leadership, ...
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Writing and Implementing NGSS-Aligned Performance Tasks
WestEd Insights, which features significant findings related to WestEd research on teaching, learning, and human development, has published this Q&A post with the authors of a case study paper examining the impact of a professional development ...
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Academic Testing Looks Very Different in California During Distance Learning
WestEd Senior Professional Learning Specialist Barbara Jones is quoted in this EdSource article examining how teachers are assessing their students during distance learning. California teachers are implementing different strategies and tools to ...
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Assessment Leadership
To support district and school leaders in developing comprehensive and balanced assessment systems, WestEd experts Jessica Arnold and Chelsea Talakoub developed guidance describing how a comprehensive and balanced assessment system requires leaders ...
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Los Angeles County Office of Education Performance Task Development Project: A Case Study
WestEd researchers Tran Keys and Sylvia Kwon have published a report on the impact of an initiative focused on developing and using performance tasks as part of science learning. The Performance Task Development Project (PTDP) worked with the Los ...
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Center on Standards, Assessment, and Accountability
WestEd has launched the Center on Standards, Assessment, and Accountability (CSAA) to build upon the expertise and technical assistance work and resources previously provided to states through the Center on Standards and Assessment Implementation ...
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Knowledge, Skills, and Know-How: Cognitive Loading in Large-Scale NGSS Assessment
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) challenge traditional ways of measuring cognitive load. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), assessments aligned to NGSS must incorporate items representing a range of cognitive complexities. The ...
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Formative Assessment Learning Opportunities
Two-day Formative Insights Summer Institutes deliver unique, hands-on professional learning opportunities for both practitioners and school leaders seeking to improve student outcomes across subject areas. Institutes focus on transformational ...
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