Draft Framework for High-Quality English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards and Assessments
The draft Framework for High Quality English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards and Assessments was developed in response to requests from states for assistance from the U.S. Department of Education on how to evaluate the technical quality of their ELP standards and assessments.
Progress Monitoring for Elementary Mathematics
This PowerPoint presentation, with accompanying Presenter’s Manual, provides an overview of progress monitoring systems that can be used to track student growth in elementary school mathematics. The presentation was made at the Math Summit: Providing Evidence-Based Practices and Implications of...
The Common Core State Standards: Supporting Districts and Teachers with Text Complexity
This resource includes a Council of Chief State School Officers webinar, report, and tools to help support districts and teachers in dealing with the issue of text complexity while adopting the Common Core State Standards in ELA. The report accompanying this resource, Measures of Text Difficulty:...
Education Watch State Reports - 2006
The Education Watch State Reports - 2006 provide a snapshot of student achievement and the condition of public education in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the nation.
How Should We Measure Student Learning? 5 Keys to Comprehensive Assessment
This article addresses the following: How should we measure student learning? Testing represents a commitment to high academic standards and school accountability. When the financial and emotional stakes associated with standardized tests are disproportionately high, this laudable goal becomes...
Implementing Common Core State Standards and Assessments
This workbook resource provides a framework and sample timelines for instituting the relevant policies and best practices to implement the Common Core States Standards (CCSS). The workbook offers implementation advice and critical exercises to guide this important effort.
Teacher Evaluation Practical Guide: Interactive Online Version
The online version of this guide can be accessed on the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center) at American Institutes for Research (AIR) website. The website also offers relevant resources from national websites.
Building a Plan for Higher Education to Implement the Smarter Balanced Assessment System
This document’s goal is to provide “guidance for state higher education leaders on one crucial aspect of implementation: the role that state systems of higher education must play to build toward recognition of the Smarter Balanced [Assessment Consortium] assessment as evidence that students are...