Getting College and Career Ready During State Transition Toward the Common Core State Standards
This study provides a first look at how student college and career readiness have progressed in the early years of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation. Using longitudinal administrative data from Kentucky, an early adopter of the CCSS, it followed three cohorts of students from the...
Parents’ Guides to Student Success
This guide, based on the Common Core State Standards, provides an overview for parents on key mathematics and English language arts/literacy content that their children will learn by the end of each year, from kindergarten through 12th grade. It also offers parents ideas for activities to help...
How Are States Reporting on College and Career Readiness?
From the Publisher: "Preparing students for success in college and careers is one of the primary goals of our education system. How states track and report progress toward the goal of college and career readiness is important for public accountability and transparency; making data available...
The Role of Learning Progressions in Competency-Based Pathways
From the Introduction: "In early 2015, leaders within Achieve’s Competency-Based Pathways State Partnership set out to more clearly understand the potential of learning progressions research to transform instructional practice and what is being done to translate that research into training and...
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A Primer on NAEP: How the National Test Fits Into the Assessment Landscape
In this short Education Week article, the author describes very basic information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), including the different types of NAEP tests, the purposes of the tests, how often they are administered, who takes NAEP tests, and several sample questions...
Deeper Learning: Policies for a 21st Century Education
From the Introduction: "This report is aimed at supporting state boards of education that are working on providing significantly more students with deeper learning opportunities and facilitating board-level conversations on key related topics. The report provides foundational principles that...
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...