Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Resource Type: Knowledge

Components of a Coherent and Equitable Assessment System

Assessment data have different purposes and uses depending on the interest holders who use the information they generate and whether they are geared toward the classroom, school or district, or at the state level. This handout identifies the key purposes of different assessment types within a coherent and equitable assessment system.

A First Look at Early Literacy Performance in Massachusetts

Massachusetts commissioned WestEd to conduct a study of the state’s K-3 student reading skills. WestEd’s report, authored by Mariann Lemke, Dan Murphy, Aaron Soo Ping Chow, Hayley Spencer, and Angela Zhang, provides insights into indicators of Massachusetts students showing early signs of reading difficulties. WestEd researchers examined literacy screening assessment data collected by districts and […]

A Community Engaged Framing: Building Successful Community Engagement for Schools and Families of Bilingual Students Through Inquiry

Senior Program Associate Julie Webb was part of a research team exploring ways to nurture family-school partnerships in service of student learning. This article summarizes the team’s work on developing and testing a framework for schools to utilize in their family engagement efforts, particularly with bilingual families. The framework outlines user-friendly guidance and tools for […]

Fundamentals of Learning

This framework outlines three constructs for student learning — how students make meaning, participate and contribute, and manage their learning.

Student Agency through Formative Assessment

Students must interpret evidence of learning and apply it to move their learning forward. This reading explains how formative assessment fosters learner agency and how other assessment types can hinder its development.
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