This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice jointly issued school discipline guidance to school districts and schools across the country outlining key principles for improving school climates and eliminating discipline disparities that persist among minority and special education students. Ensuring […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. Just a few weeks ago, First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the expansion of a program that gives all students, regardless of income, free school meals in qualifying schools. The program is called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Watch the full event here. State policymakers across the country are increasingly focused on ensuring students not only master key academic content, but that they also learn important skills associated with 21st century success, including critical thinking and problem solving, effective communication, collaboration, and academic mindsets—competencies often referred to as “deeper learning.” […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Access the full event here. In just a few weeks, 15 states will be conducting PARCC field tests involving a sample of over one million students. The field test will occur over two testing windows. The first window is March 24-April 11, 2014, and will be focused on the performance-based component […]
This webinar is now on-demand! Access the full event here. In just a few weeks, 22 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands will start the Smarter Balanced “field tests,” to be completed during the March 18-June 6, 2014, testing window. As with a practice run at the Olympics, field testing allows states to see how a […]
This NASBE webinar features 2011 National Teacher of the Year Michelle Shearer. Listen to this webinar and download the presentation below.
NASBE PARCC June 4, 2012 update
