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Science is Coming to the California Dashboard
This essential guide for California assists educators in preparing for the integration of science performance data into the California School Dashboard. Starting with the 2025...
Demystifying Statewide Standardized Assessments: What Statewide Assessments Are Designed to Measure
State standardized assessments measure students’ skills and knowledge relative to what students should have been taught during the school year. The scores are used to...
Demystifying Statewide Standardized Assessments: Ensuring Comparability Across Administrations
State test scores are valuable because unlike measures such as student grades, they can be directly compared to other students’ scores and across schools or...
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...
Every Student Succeeds Act State and Local Report Cards
This guidance presents requirements regarding the report cards that state and local education agencies are required to prepare and disseminate. Report cards are to provide...
Every Student Succeeds Act High School Graduation Rate Non-Regulatory Guidance
With the implementation of ESSA comes updated requirements regarding the calculation and reporting of high school graduation rates in order to produce a uniform and...
Using Interim Assessments Instead of Summative? Consideration of an ESSA Option
This technical report (presented at a CCSSO conference) shares the ESSA provision that both enables and lays out requirements for using interim assessments in place of...
Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Assessments
These documents present results from a review of assessments that states are currently administering at pre-kindergarten and kindergarten entry. For a summary of the results,...
Not as Easy as It Sounds: Designing a Balanced Assessment System
This document provides guidance for states that are building, evaluating, or modifying their assessment systems. The report offers three criteria to consider: coherence, a theory...
Transitioning to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Frequently Asked Questions
In this document, the U.S. Department of Education presents and answers questions regarding states' transition to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Questions about the...