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In this blog post in Edutopia, Professor Maurice Elias writes about how social-emotional skills can boost implementation of the Common Core by preparing students to become productive members of society.

This press release announces the statewide agreement between Washington's community and technical colleges and public four-year universities in which Washington state’s 11th graders who score at a college-ready level on the Smarter Balanced assessments this spring will automatically be placed into...

In partnership with the Teaching Channel, PARCC has released a video series to show links between assessment and instruction. The videos focus on using PARCC tools to analyze the interactions between standards, evidence, and tasks, and the application of these understandings to inform instructional...

ELPA21 has posted a Request for Information (RFI). The purpose of the RFI is to enter a long-term partnership with a public entity to deepen support to states. Interested partners should respond to the RFI by Friday, February 20, 2015.

ELPA21 has extended registration for its Field Test and Platform and System Trial until January 16, 2015. Field testing will take place February 2, and this is an opportunity for teachers, administrators, and schools to preview the ELPA21 online assessment and “test the test.”

Dynamic Learning Maps has recently announced software updates of the KITE Client for both the iPad and OS X Yosemite for Macs. Click the links to download the KITE Client.

GreatSchools, a nonprofit organization that helps parents find schools and educational resources, has a video collection that shows parents Common Core student expectations from kindergarten through fifth grade.

WIDA has a free, 3-part webinar series for families of English language learners to provide them with information about what it means to be an ELL, the WIDA standards and assessments, and how to interpret student language proficiency scores.

Smarter Balanced has posted summative test Blueprints which describe the content of the English language arts/literacy and mathematics summative assessments for grades 3-8 and high school and how that content will be assessed. The test blueprints incorporate revisions based on analysis of the Pilot...

Over 30 leading national education organizations that represent parents, teachers, principals, superintendents, state boards of education, chief technology officers and many others released 10 principles for protecting and guiding the use of the personal information of America’s students. According...

This collection of classroom videos and associated lesson materials were developed to help K-12 educators implement instructional shifts required by the Common Core State Standards. Accessing the videos and materials are free but require interested educators to sign up. The resources from Teaching...

The Illinois Community College Chief Academic Officers and Illinois Council Community College Chief Student Services Officers have endorsed a statewide approach to the utilization of PARCC scores for placement. A PARCC score of 4 or 5 would be accepted for placement of students into college-level...

Colleges and universities in California, Delaware, Hawaii, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington will use the Smarter Balanced high school scores as evidence that students are ready for entry-level, credit-bearing courses and may be exempted from remedial courses. For more information, please click...

PARCC is developing a series of online professional learning modules to help school and district educators understand the PARCC Assessment System. Currently, there are two training modules which focus on an overview on the PARCC Common Assessments and the PARCC Accessibility System. Future...