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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...
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.
Peer Review Assistance
This CSAI-developed resource contains an overview of the peer review process, including each of the critical elements included in the peer review process. For each critical element,...
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...
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...
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...
English Learner Tool Kit for State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs)
This toolkit was released in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Dear Colleague...
Fundamentals of Learning (FOL)
This publication provides a framework, the Fundamentals of Learning (FOL), to assist teachers in transitioning to the classroom practices called for in the College- and...
Overview of Major Assessment Types in Standards-Based Instruction
This overview is designed to help state education agencies, local education agencies, schools, educators, partner organizations, and other stakeholders understand the differences between major assessment types...