Policy & Research

There is growing interest among state and local educational leaders in using performance assessment to develop and assess students’ critical abilities—such as inquiry, communication, and collaboration—that are essential for student success but poorly measured by many traditional assessments. In...

This issue is an online supplement to VUE 46, which addressed the topic of performance assessment – a personalized and rigorous alternative to standardized testing that allows teachers to build on individual students’ strengths and foster more equitable learning outcomes.   

VUE 47 adds...

The model system of assessments was designed to satisfy multiple goals: 

• to support the vision of teaching and learning with NGSS laid out in the K-12 Science Framework;
• to facilitate the teaching and learning of science at all levels in K-12;
• to address
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