Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

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Designing for Learning: A Primer on Key Insights from the Science of Learning and Development

From the website: “This primer introduces four key factors that impact learning: cognition, motivation, identity, and individual variability. We selected these areas because a wealth of research indicates that each plays a critical role in how learning happens. Using this research, we developed a set of core learning principles that help explain these roles. In […]

The Learning Activation Lab: Tools

The Learning Activation Lab is a national research and design group that seeks to learn and demonstrate ways to activate and engage children in learning and innovation in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. The organization defines learning activation as a state composed of dispositions, practices, and knowledge that enables success in proximal science, technology, […]

ArtsEdge: Lesson Finder

ArtsEdge is the Kennedy Center’s free, digital resource site for teaching and learning in – and through – the arts. The Lesson Finder webpage is a searchable portal to hundreds of K-12 arts-based lesson plans and projects for classroom and afterschool.  

BetterLesson

BetterLesson is an online site dedicated to providing educators with access to high-quality tools and resources that support implementation and alignment to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The site features lessons and resources from over 130 selected Master Teachers from across the country. Master Teachers are charged with developing and sharing lessons and resources […]

Testing Reform Victories 2015: Growing Grassroots Movement Rolls Back Testing Overkill

As its title suggests, the authors of this publication present information related to recent changes in state and district assessment policies. Those issues include: Graduation Test Policies  Test-Based Grade Retention Opting Out of Testing Public Opinion about Tests Tests for College Admissions; and   Recommendations for Continued Changes in Test Policies. The authors cite a broad […]

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program Quality Assessment

The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program Quality Assessment (STEM PQA) is an evaluation tool that examines the quality of instruction and other setting characteristics during STEM offerings. The STEM PQA is a standardized, observation-based measure that provides a score (1, 3, or 5) based on the degree to which a practice/characteristic was present for […]