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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...

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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...

2024Resource Type: GuidanceGrade Levels: Early Learning, Elementary School (K-5)
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Key Elements of a Coherent and Equitable Local Assessment System

State assessments play an important role in monitoring how well schools and districts serve the needs of all learners. However, they are designed to provide...

2024Resource Type: GuidanceGrade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
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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...

2021Resource Type: GuidanceGrade Level: Elementary School (K-5)
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Kindergarten Readiness Assessments Help Identify Skill Gaps

Researchers have long traced achievement gaps in the elementary years back to readiness gaps at the start of kindergarten. Educators seeking to address these gaps,...

2021Resource Type: GuidanceGrade Level: Elementary School (K-5)
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Scaffolding Writing With the “Teaching and Learning Cycle” for Students in Grades 6–12

Reading critically involves examining the language choices authors make to “get the job done” — in other words, to communicate effectively in specific ways with...

2021Resource Type: GuidanceGrade Levels: High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
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Making Decisions Using Assessment Data in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic fundamentally changed all aspects of teaching and learning over the past two school years. Consequently, administration of summative assessments in spring 2021...

2021Resource Type: GuidanceGrade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
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Assessment Leadership

A comprehensive, balanced assessment system and a culture of effective evidence use do not emerge by accident. They take capable leadership to build. Assessment leadership...

2020Resource Type: Guidance
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Critical Content Supporting Statewide Formative Assessment Practice

Formative assessment is enacted by teachers and students, but successful implementation of formative assessment practices depends on stakeholders at every level of the education system....

2019Resource Type: Guidance
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Using Data to Inform Standard-Setting Recommendations

Standard-setting methods have focused on utilizing content information to determine recommendations for performance level cut scores on assessments. In recent years, there has been an...

2019Resource Type: Guidance
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