Clayton County Public Schools, where I work as a psychometrician, is a member of the Georgia MAP Assessment Partnership (GMAP), a consortium of districts in Georgia dedicated to reducing overall …
Author: Michael Tappler
Topics: Assessment Basics, Policy & Advocacy
It’s time to rethink state assessment. District leaders and teachers have long desired less testing―not to mention timelier and more meaningful summative test results. State departments of …
Author: Chris Minnich
Dr. Tonya Williams, chief academic officer and chief learning officer at Leadership Preparatory Academy in Lithonia, Georgia, knew improving the use of assessment data at her school would be a big …
Author: Derrick Vargason
Topics: MAP Growth, Supporting Families, Assessment Basics, Classroom Tips
When looking back at the vision of the future in the 1950s and 1960s—think Epcot or The Jetsons—I’m always struck by how well this vision captured the spirit of what the future would look like, …
Author: Chase Nordengren
Topics: Assessment Basics, Equity
For any assessment to truly serve its purpose, teachers must be able to interpret and apply the data to help their students. Helping students grow is the whole point of having an assessment like …
Topics: Professional Development, Assessment Basics
A confident understanding of assessment helps teachers meet their students’ needs early, when it’s easier to close achievement gaps and pave the way to a long and successful academic career. Our …
Author: Monica Rodríguez
Topics: Assessment Basics
Thanks to high-quality assessments, teachers, students and families are able to see and celebrate heroic growth. Consider a fifth-grade student who starts the year reading at a second-grade level. In …
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There’s a lot policymakers can do to support schools during COVID-19. We talked with experts Evan Stone and LaTanya Pattillo about what to focus on during SY21–22.
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