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Assessment Opinion What's the Best Way to Grade Students? Teachers Weigh InThere are many ways to make grading a better, more productive experience for students. Here are a few.Assessment Spotlight Spotlight on AssessmentThis Spotlight will help you evaluate effective ways to offer students feedback, learn how to improve assessments for ELs, and more.Assessment Webinar The 鈥淲hy鈥� and 鈥淗ow鈥� of Standards-Based GradingSponsorThis content is provided by our sponsor. It is not written by and does not necessarily reflect the views of 澳门跑狗论坛's editorial staff.School leaders share their standards-based grading insights. Join our webinar to learn tips, overcome challenges, & transform grading systems.
Assessment Opinion To Replace Skill Mastery for Seat Time, There Are 3 RequirementsTime for learning and student support take on a whole new meaning in the mastery-based learning model.
Assessment More States Could Drop Their High School Exit ExamsThere's movement afoot in nearly half the states that still mandate high school exit exams to end the requirement.
Assessment Cardona Says Standardized Tests Haven't Always Met the Mark, Offers New FlexibilityThe U.S. Department of Education is seeking to reinvigorate a little-used pilot program to create new types of assessments.
Assessment Opinion The 4 Common Myths About Grading Reform, DebunkedGrading reformers and their critics all have the same goal: grades that truly reflect student learning. Here鈥檚 how we move forward.
Assessment From Our Research Center Few Educators Say A-F and Numeric Grades Offer 'Very Effective' Feedback for StudentsFewer than 1 in 6 educators鈥�13 percent鈥� say that A through F or numeric grades are a 鈥渧ery effective way鈥� to give feedback to students.
Assessment Q&A This Teacher Has Students Track Their Own Progress in Class, and It's Paying OffMiddle school teacher Erin Merrill gives her students the responsibility of tracking their mastery.
Assessment Opinion Grades and Tests Can Undermine Learning. Do They Have To?Students grow and change, but their assessment records never do. Should this change?
Assessment Q&A Q&A: Top NAEP Official Talks About the Future of Nation's Report Card and MoreStatistics commissioner Peggy Carr says persistent chronic absenteeism is partly to blame for historically low test scores.
Assessment States Eye Assessment Throughout the Year as Frustration With Standardized Testing MountsSome states are working to transition to through-year testing models in an effort to make standardized tests more relevant to educators.
Assessment From Our Research Center Educators Feel Growing Pressure for Students to Perform Well on Standardized TestsMany say they feel more pressure now than before the pandemic to ensure students perform well on the annual, state-required exams.
Assessment Teachers Say Those Ubiquitous, Every-Few-Months Tests Don't Always Capture What's TaughtThe vast majority of schools use them, but not all teachers think they accurately measure student progress.Assessment Quiz Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Formative Assessment?Answer 7 questions about formative assessment.
