Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the federal government created the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) in 2015 as part of the Every Student ...

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 ...

Massachusetts will join a federal innovative assessment program in the 2020-21 school year, allowing the state to pilot a new kind of science test for fifth and eighth grade students, the U.S.

Revolutionize your school’s approach to assessments and data analysis. As forward-thinking educators, we understand that student success requires more than just traditional assessments. This webinar ...

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"Test" has become a four-letter word in schools, as many states face political pressure to cut, minimize or deemphasize their much-maligned annual standardized assessments of student achievement. The ...

This session will provide a review of the current test-based accountability system, the goals and purposes it has developed to serve, and its strengths and limitations. Presenter: Margaret Goertz, ...