Core Concept: Assessment

How Should We Measure Student Learning?

Testing represents a commitment to high academic standards and school accountability. When the financial and emotional stakes associated with standardized tests are disproportionately high, this laudable goal becomes distorted. More

Real-Life Examples

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Teacher working with girls on their architectural project.

Schools go beyond traditional tests to develop Assessment for Understanding. More

Child worried taking a test.

The Idea of Authentic Assessment is that testing should be smarter. More

Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner talks about multiple intelligences and new forms of assessment. More

Trying to fit a square peg in a round hole

Schools are increasingly giving standardized testing an F for Assessment. More

Three students

We answer the question What Does It Mean to Be College Ready? More

A litle boy doing his homework.

In Defense of Homework, a former teacher stands by her assignments. More

Teacher pointing something out to young girl.

Through teamwork and testing, despite the odds against this Portland elementary school, Learning Is Alive and Well. More

Putting in the last piece of a puzzle

Executive Director Milton Chen says of assessment, it's Time to Put It in Context. More

Teacher and three students doing a science project

There's a pressing Need to Reinvigorate Science Education. More

Students watching a monitor.

Through media-literacy education, students are transformed From Consumers to Critics and Creators. More

Two boys at a lecturn in a classroom

Teaching to the individual student is an innovative and effective way to learn at the Urban Academy. More

Boy demonstrating comparative tempature map.

A Place for Meaningful Academic Exploration includes projects, portfolios, and presentations. More

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