Topic: Assessment and Accountability

Transforming for Tomorrow: A State Policymaker's Guide for Supporting Student-Centered Education Systems

Transforming for Tomorrow: A State Policymaker’s Guide for Supporting Student-Centered Education Systems

This guide is designed to help a range of state policymakers identify initial steps to support schools and districts wanting to implement a personalized, competency-based approach.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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Six Areas Where Policy Is Advancing Student-Centered Learning

Watch a conversation about states passing student-centered education policies from the six areas of interest.

Sean Andres
Senior Manager of Marketing and Communications

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What Grading for Equity Looks Like in This Arizona High School

How one high school is rethinking grades to better reflect what students know and know how to do

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Capturing and Communicating Learning Requires More Than Time-Based Measures

Learn how a mastery-based transcript meets the needs of future-focused teaching and learning and how we can implement it.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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Building Toward ESEA Reauthorization

Now is the time for change. Here is a learning agenda for federal assessment and accountability reform.

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

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Accelerating Assessment and Accountability Innovation

Assessment and accountability recommendations for states leading the future of student-centered school quality systems

Julianna Charles Brown
Senior Director of Systems Transformation

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What We Measure Matters

Student data is about more than just achievement. We need to capture evidence of meaningful, relevant learning experiences, too.

The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bill which Congress passed includes funding for the Competitive Grants for State Assessments program.

Federal Action to Support Competitive Grants for State Assessments

The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bill which Congress passed includes funding for the Competitive Grants for State Assessments program.

Lillian Pace
Vice President of Policy and Strategic Advancement

Measuring Forward: Emerging Trends in K-12 Assessment Innovation

A report on insights and innovations emerging in K-12 assessment systems.

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Assessments of and for Learning: How States Are Rethinking Accountability and Assessment Policies in the COVID-19 Era

How states are rethinking system accountability and k-12 assessment systems in the COVID-19 era

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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Ungrading: Focusing on Feedback and Learner Agency

Traditional grading systems don’t take into account what students need to be lifelong learners – and to thrive in a future that will look very different from today.

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Human-Centered Learning and Student Agency: “Think Big, Start Small and Act Fast”

Authentic, impactful, goal-oriented learning experiences require ongoing collaboration and guidance from educators.

Lauren McCauley
Vice President of Teaching and Learning

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