The Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability (CSAA) curates a variety of WestEd resources, ranging from guidance documents, research papers, and policy briefs to tools and websites for public use. These resources are aimed at supporting state and local education agency leadership in making decisions about their standards, assessment programs, and accountability systems.
The Progress of Education Reform: Science in the Early Years
This paper discusses how early science instruction has positive effects not only on readiness and achievement within the subject but also in reading and mathematics. It claims that many children are unprepared to achieve in school, in part because ...