Newsletter Archive

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.

CSAA highlights the updated Formative Insights: Assessment for Learning Spotlight, which includes new resources and case studies highlighting design and implementation of formative assessment practices. The January newsletter also showcases new services that support professional learning around formative assessment practices.

Formative assessment supports are the focus of this newsletter, highlighting WestEd services for building educator and leader capacity to understand and implement practices that encourage students to take active roles in their learning.