{"id":1333,"date":"2016-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/how-states-can-transform-systems-of-assessments-to-support-teachers-and-students\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:18:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T21:18:20","slug":"how-states-can-transform-systems-of-assessments-to-support-teachers-and-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/how-states-can-transform-systems-of-assessments-to-support-teachers-and-students\/","title":{"rendered":"How States Can Transform Systems of Assessments to Support Teachers and Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>The <\/span>Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)<\/span><\/a>, empowers states to<\/span> redesign their current systems of assessments to better support personalized learning. To do this, state systems will need to provide rich, real-time data to teachers to support continuous improvement of student learning toward college- and career-readiness and to promote rapid closure of subgroup achievement gaps through personalized, competency-based education. <\/span><\/p>\n In competency education, assessment is a meaningful and positive learning experience for students. It informs how to meet students where they are, what comes next in a student\u2019s learning trajectory and also what a student needs to keep working on in order to demonstrate mastery. <\/span><\/p>\n Systems of assessments that support personalized, competency-based learning help teachers, parents and students alike understand where students are in their learning process. Next generation systems of assessments:<\/p>\n State leaders should seek input from stakeholders to develop a shared vision for how these systems of assessments will support educators and student learning. <\/span><\/p>\n Successful implementation of these new systems of assessments will require states to collaborate with and support local school districts and educators. States will need to invest in <\/span>building educator professional judgment and capacity<\/span><\/a> to reliably create, grade and evaluate performance assessments within these new systems of assessments. These systems should also make room for entry, formative and performance-based assessments as well as interim and summative assessments across a state to measure and evaluate student progress.<\/span><\/p>\n An opportunity in #ESSA<\/a> for performance assessment literacy & #teacher<\/a> #leadership<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/L5lACTudZv<\/a> #CBE<\/a> @LaurieGagnonCCE @CCEBOSTON<\/a><\/p>\n — CompetencyWorks (@CompetencyWorks) April 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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