Newsletter Archive

The August newsletter highlights research-based resources that are designed to support schools with developing instructional practices that reach diverse students. Resources include guidance for culturally responsive data literacy and supports for developing culturally responsive instruction that is reflective of Native American students.

Watch WestEd Formative Assessment Expert Nancy Gerzon discuss the Formative Insights team’s innovative professional learning approach in a recording from HundrED. July’s newsletter also highlights a resource for implemented student-centered learning approaches to empower students.

WestEd is excited to highlight the Formative Insights team, who was identified by HundrED and Jacobs Foundation as an innovative formative assessment initiative. June’s newsletter also spotlights WestEd services and media presenting innovative approaches to education and health development issues.

For May, CSAA highlights WestEd research and tools that support educators and leaders in revisiting and revising assessment and accountability practices. This includes support for developing culturally and linguistically responsive assessment tools and designing formative assessment practices that collect actionable data for instruction.

For readers looking for assessment-related supports, April’s newsletter shares guidance and tools developed to support a variety of users. This includes a communication toolkit for sharing information on the value of testing, guidance for developing and using strengths-based assessment rubrics, and suggestions for analyzing assessment data impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

March’s newsletter highlights the Formative Insights team, including their work being shortlisted in a HundrED/Jacobs Foundation initiative focused on formative assessment innovations from across the world. Joanne Jensen’s work in early grade assessments is also highlighted in this newsletter.