Even as many states are backing away from high-stakes testing in math and English language arts that take place at the end of the school year, that doesn't necessarily mean they're "backsliding," according to a new report. Rather than "rolling back" advancements in test quality, accessibility and rigor under the weight of political pressures or demands for reductions in time spent on testing, some states are reforming their approach to assessment in innovative ways.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/10/19
Of five major content areas covered in math classes — numbers and operations, measurement, geometry, data and statistics, and algebra and functions — teachers are putting a bigger emphasis particularly on algebra and functions in math class beyond what they were doing a dozen years earlier. And in science, students are discussing the kinds of problems engineers solve more frequently.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/03/19
Education will see changes in how assessment is done in the new school year, according to education nonprofit NWEA. The organization, which develops preK-12 assessments and professional development, recently issued five trends that it expected will permeate the measurement of learning outcomes.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/15/19
Hatch is introducing a new adaptive learning platform that is targeted to ease the assessment burden for early childhood education platform.
Kahoot! is revamping its game creator with new features to make it faster and easier for teachers to use the platform.
More high school students have access to taking AP and IB classes, but new data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that these classes may not result in college credit.
NAEP testing is done in grades 4, 8 and 12 and is the only set of assessments that allow for state comparisons. The downsizing of the testing population would reduce the number of schools that participate in the assessments by 2,000 and the number of students by a third.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/06/19
Georgia and North Carolina have become the latest states to test new ways for assessing student achievement. Both states have received approval from the U.S. Department of Education to take part in the innovative assessments pilot program, starting with the new school year.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/30/19
Curriculum Associates' i-Ready is expected to be available in time for school. Among the updates: new lessons, a Spanish-language math diagnostic tool and more accessibility features.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/29/19
What's unique is that these are measures typically applied in high school rather than at the elementary level.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 07/22/19