iNACOL and KnowledgeWorks Submit Public Comments on Innovative Assessment Pilot Under ESSA
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) presents states with a historic opportunity to redesign K-12 education around…
The iNACOL State Policy Frameworks 2016: New Opportunities for States to Transform K-12 to Student-Centered Learning
Across the country, states are supporting local efforts to redesign K-12 education around student learning with competency-based,…
Department of Education Proposes New Rules for ESSA’s Innovative Assessment Pilot
This post also appeared at iNACOL. This morning, the US Department of Education (ED) released proposed draft rules…
Department of Education Proposes New Rules for ESSA’s Innovative Assessment Pilot
This morning, the US Department of Education (ED) released proposed draft rules for state assessments as part…
From Compliance to Continuous Improvement: Accountability, Assessments and Next Generation Workforce with ESSA
This post originally appeared at iNACOL on June 7, 2016. There is an incredible window of opportunity…
Turning Practice into Policy
Every time I get my head wrapped around ESSA, I learn a little bit more. Partially this…
Supporting State Capacity to Plan for Innovative Systems of Assessments Under ESSA
Over the next year, states will engage in critical design conversations as they craft a new vision…
From Compliance to Continuous Improvement: Accountability, Assessments and Next Generation Workforce with ESSA
There is an incredible window of opportunity for state policymakers with the passage of the Every Student…
ESSA: From Compliance to Opportunity
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on May 25, 2016. As mentioned in our previous post,…
Systems of Assessments that Support Student-Centered Learning and Continuous Improvement
When the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was first enacted in 1965, its goal was to…