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Helping Science Teachers with Assessment During NGSS Implementation

The consensus study, Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards” (NRC, 2014), provides guidance on developing assessments that are consistent with the NGSS including assessments ...
Education Week

Did the Common Core Kill Classroom Assessment?

Next year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Common Core State Standards; the Next Generation Science Standards have been around nearly as long. The majority of states have officially adopted one or ...
Education Week

What Teachers Should Know About Integrating Formative Assessment With Instruction

Teachers need more support to move testing from a “necessary evil” to a classroom tool, experts say. While summative assessments—like unit quizzes or annual state tests—are used for evaluation and ...
EdTech

Classroom Simulations Offer A High-Tech, Low-Risk Way For Preservice Teachers To Improve Their Skills

Over- and underwhelmend, as well as overworked and undersupported, preservice and new teachers are an “at-risk” group. According to the National Education Association, “20 percent of new public school ...