by admin | May 19, 2016 | Literacy Assessments
‘Hamilton’ creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, spoke with 40 Bronx Theatre High School students about sacrificing for your life’s work, artistic inspiration, and his cast’s joy about getting to perform the mega-hit for 20,000 New York City public-school students who were...
by admin | Apr 19, 2016 | Measurement
If you’ve ever wondered how life outside the classroom affects students’ school performance, a new initiative from Harvard student researchers might provide some answers. Read more at the “By All Means: Redesigning Education to Restore Opportunity”...
by admin | Apr 7, 2016 | Literacy Assessments
The International Literacy Association offers a number of resources to help teachers increase their students’ reading comprehension. This blog about how to craft intentional scaffolds for close reading assignments offers great insights into this topic.
by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | Leadership, Literacy Assessments
Read about — and listen to— the ways Acting Education Secretary John B. King Jr. envisions how ESSA could use biliteracy to help broaden the definition of a well-rounded education.
by admin | Mar 10, 2016 | Assessment Design
Over the last year, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute commissioned practitioners and content and assessment experts to review for content and quality secure test items provided by four test vendors for grades five and eight for their study, Evaluating the Content and...
