Understanding the CAASPP Student Score Reports
This web page links to a number of guides for parents or guardians to help them read and understand the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) student score reports. It also links to other resources, including parent guides to the Smarter Balanced summative assessments,...
Smarter Balanced Assessments: Keep Results in Perspective for Students and Their Families
In this short California Schools article, veteran educator Kathy Caric encourages districts and schools to implement effective strategies to inform parents and students about the value of multiple measures when reporting student progress. She notes that the expected low scores on the upcoming...
Teacher Performance Pay Programs and Necessary Communications Actions
Using teacher pay programs as an example, the authors of this journal article suggest and illustrate the value of a communications plan during the development and implementation of new programs. They recommend a three-pronged approach, including a communication strategy, communication action plan,...
Strategies for Communicating Results: Using the Change to Common Core Linked Assessments
From the Producer: "In this online webinar, REL Mid-Atlantic, Division H of the American Educational Research Association, and REL Northwest teamed up for a presentation and discussion of strategies that states and districts can use to communicate with the public about the new assessments linked to...
Empowering Parents with Data: Ensuring Parents Have Data to Make Informed Choices
This two-page infographic presents results from a state survey on parents' access to their own children's data. According to the publishers, while most states create student progress reports, only 17 states provide parents with access to data that would allow them track their children's individual...
Why Education Data?
This website provides a broad number of resources and tools to help policymakers and educators develop a successful data-use communications strategy. Spanning multiple topics, the resources cover the power of communications, using data to measure teacher effectiveness, and seizing important data-...
Sample Student Assessment Reports
From the publisher: "Achieve has gone through the process of developing sample student assessment reports to enhance understanding about how to more effectively communicate assessment results to teachers, school leaders and families. Families and educators need access to more helpful information to...
Parent Assessment Event Toolkit
The purpose of this PTA toolkit is to help answer parents' questions about new state assessments aligned to new college and career readiness standards. The toolkit includes a broad variety of resources, including information about PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, assessment PowerPoint...