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Kindergarten Entry Assessments: An Examination of Best Practices, National Trends, and Recommendations
States and districts use Kindergarten entry assessments (KEA) as evaluative tools for understanding students' learning along developmental domains. Data from KEAs are informative for guiding...
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...
Spring 2021 Performance on Three Locally Determined Assessments in California
As part of the technical assistance provided by the Region 15 Comprehensive Center at WestEd (R15 CC) to the California State Board of Education (SBE)...
K–2 Assessment Systems Enable Early Intervention to Foster Student Success
Across the United States, statewide assessments in English language arts and mathematics are federally mandated each school year in grades 3 through 8 and once...
How Is My Child Doing? What Assessment Can Tell Parents About Their Child’s Learning
This update provides information to parents on how to interpret three common types of assessment their child takes: classroom, district and school interim, and state annual...
Valid and Reliable Assessments
This update defines validity and reliability as a function of high quality assessments. An annotated list of resources is included.
Using Student Assessment Data to Support Decision-Making
This update discusses how to use student assessment data thoughtfully to improve decision-making and outcomes. State examples and an annotated list of resources are also...
The Role of Interim Assessments in a Comprehensive Assessment System
This informative brief lays out general questions that districts should consider before making a decision to use interim assessment: What do we want to learn...
Charting Success: Data Use and Student Achievement in Urban Schools
The study examines the relationship between interim data-use practices at the school and classroom levels and student achievement. The study draws on teacher and principal...
Understanding Proficiency
Understanding Proficiency is a resource designed to support educators in analyzing and learning from student work on performance tasks in English language arts and math. The...