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Early Childhood Assessments: Recent Trends in State Policies and Practices
At the CCSSO Early Childhood Education Collaborative Meeting on September 25, 2024, Senior Program Associate Matt Brunetti shared insights into his and his team's work...
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...
English Learner (EL) Pre-Referral Flow Chart Questions
This decision-making flow chart includes target questions that Child Study teams or MTSS teams should address when working through the pre-referral decision-making process. Each school...
State of the States Brief: PreK Assessments/Early Childhood Education
This brief highlights changes that states have made in their PreK assessment portfolios and early childhood education policies since 2019.
Using K-2 Summative Assessments to Improve Third Grade Outcomes Webinar and Presentation
CSAI recently presented to Early Childhood, Assessment, and Accountability staff from seven states at the request of the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) as a professional...
SEL Assessment Guide
The Assessment Guide provides several resources for leaders and implementation teams in PreK-12th grade settings who are making decisions about selecting and using measures of...
Science Technology Engineering Arts Math
The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) is dedicated to increasing youth's experience with Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM). SDCOE created a...
Assessment Tools in Informal Science
This searchable website, created by the PEAR Institute, provides assessment tools for informal science learning. This website allows practitioners, evaluators, researchers, and policy makers with...
How Students Thrive: Positive Youth Development in Practice
The paper outlines five, research-based tenets that underlie schools that can support positive youth development and includes tools that can help educators identify positive youth...
High-Leverage Principles of Effective Instruction for English Learners
New college and career ready standards (CCRS) have established more rigorous expectations of learning for all learners, including EL students, than what was expected in...