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Checking In: Are Math Assignments Measuring Up?

In this report, the focus on is on the role of classroom assignments in a context of increased rigor for daily learning. The report notes...

2018 • Assessment Topic: Competency- & Performance-Based Assessment • Resource Type: Report • Grade Level: Middle School (6-8)
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English Learners in States’ Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plans: Scan of Consolidated State Plans Submitted May 2017

English Learners in States’ Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plans: Scan of Consolidated State Plans Submitted May 2017

This report provides a summary of the 17 ESSA plans submitted by May 31, 2017 to the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of this report...

2017 • General Topics: ESSA, Multilingual Learners, Policy, Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics • Resource Type: Report • Grade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
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Charting Success: Data Use and Student Achievement in Urban Schools

The study examines the relationship between interim data-use practices at the school and classroom levels and student achievement. The study draws on teacher and principal...

2017 • General Topic: Data Use for Learning & Improvement • Assessment Topics: Diagnostic, Interim, & Benchmark Assessment, Summative & Large Scale Assessment • Resource Type: Report • Grade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (6-8)
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Literature Review Related to Assessment and Accountability Provisions Relevant to English Learners

This literature review summarizes the theoretical and research literature related to the characteristics of coherent, valid, reliable, and fair assessment systems that are aligned to...

2016 • General Topics: ESSA, Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics, Supporting All Learners • Assessment Topic: Assessment Research & Innovation • Resource Type: Report • Grade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
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Quality Counts 2016: Report and Rankings

This is the 20th edition of Education Week's Quality Counts report - Called to Account: New Directions in School Accountability - which focuses on how...

2016 • General Topics: Reporting, Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics • Assessment Topic: Summative & Large Scale Assessment • Resource Type: Report
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Listen to Us: Teacher Views and Voices

Listen to Us: Teacher Views and Voices

This survey, conducted by the Center on Education Policy (CEP), provides insight into teachers' feelings regarding current education issues and their profession. This national survey...

2016 • General Topics: Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics, Supporting All Learners • Resource Type: Report • Grade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
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Teaching Higher: Educators’ Perspectives on Common Core Implementation

This study by the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University surveyed a representative sample of teachers in five states (Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts,...

2016 • General Topic: Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics • Resource Type: Report • Grade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
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Making the Grade: A 50-State Analysis of School Accountability Systems

This publication includes: an historical overview of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; a review of the requirements of the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act; a summary...

2016 • General Topics: ESSA, Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics • Resource Type: Report • Grade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
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Common Core Math In The K-8 Classroom: Results from a National Teacher Survey

Based on a survey of elementary and middle school teachers, the authors of this report investigate whether teachers have changed what and how they teach mathematics...

2016 • General Topic: Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics • Resource Type: Report • Grade Levels: Elementary School (K-5), Middle School (6-8)
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Equations and Inequalities: Making Mathematics Accessible to All

This report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is based on results from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a...

2016 • General Topic: Standards, Assessment, & Accountability Topics • Assessment Topic: Summative & Large Scale Assessment • Resource Type: Report • Grade Level: High School (9-12)
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