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From the President’s Pen: Are You Ready?
When schools reopen, how ready will the education enterprise be to receive, support, encourage, and serve students?Getting Students Career Ready
Every student needs academic and technical skills to prepare them for life and every student needs to plant their feet on a career pathway during their K-12 journey.State Boards Wrestle with Graduation Policy during Pandemic
States acted quickly to suspend end-of-year assessments and amend graduation requirements for high school seniors amid COVID-19. This policy update highlights trends in state guidance around graduation and grade advancement and how some are addressing inherent equity challenges.Five Questions State Boards Should Ask to Advance College and Career Readiness
State boards can leverage dual enrollment opportunities, rigorous coursework, new graduation pathways, course alignment with high-opportunity careers, skill building for the jobs of the future, and tracking of student attainment after graduation to expand college and career readiness.Next-Generation Assessment amid the Pandemic
Join us for a conversation about state assessment and accountability.
read moreNew Issue of the Standard Helps State Boards Weigh State Assessment Systems
There is no better time for state policy leaders to reexamine their assessment systems to address long-standing challenges, say authors in the new issue of NASBE’s State Education Standard.
read moreNext-Generation Assessment
Bowing to the realities of the pandemic, states halted annual summative testing this spring, with a federal blessing. Yet with the U.S. Department of Education signaling that they will not waive the required tests for the current school year, there is no better time for state policy leaders to reexamine their assessment systems to address long-standing challenges, say authors in the new issue of NASBE’s State Education Standard.
read moreStates Experiment with Assessment through Innovative Pilots
Five states received federal waivers for regular assessments so they could pilot assessment systems in select districts or schools over five years.
read moreHow a Crisis Can Transform Learning, Teaching, and Assessment
State policymakers should take the opportunity to reimagine their education systems.
read moreWe Should Listen to the Canaries
How alternate assessments for students with disabilities and English learners can point us toward better systems for all.
read moreFour Test Questions for State Boards
As the new school year begins, states will want a better understanding of the social, emotional, and academic learning needs of students.
read moreA Shifting Landscape for State Testing
It is important to understand the history of state summative assessment in the United States.
read morePerformance Assessments: Promises and Pitfalls
By learning from the past, state boards can add depth and relevance to their assessment systems.
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