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Learning from the Past to Inform Assessment of the Common Core

Assessment Infrastructure & Costs
California Collaborative on District Reform
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This brief provides lessons for assessing new college- and career-ready standards, including Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), based on California's experiences with the California Learning Assessment...

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Redesigning Teaching and Learning - High School Graduation by Portfolio

Performance Assessment & 21st Century Learning
Envision Schools, Stanford University School Redesign Network
Ruth Chung Wei
Jeannette LaFors
Orville Jackson
Raymond L. Pecheone
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This brief outlines how the Envision Schools Charter Management Organization and the Stanford University School Redesign Network have collaborated to design a set of performance-based assessments for high school students that are both rigorous and credible, and are designed to build students’...

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Preparing High School Students for College Success - Preliminary Findings

Performance Assessment & 21st Century Learning
Envision Schools, Stanford University School Redesign Network
Ruth Chung Wei
Bob Lenz
Ethan Wolfe Ris
Raymond L. Pecheone
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Envision Schools uses performance assessment as a key tool for supporting student learning. In this graduate follow-up study, Envision Schools puts its model of “Rigor, Relevance, Relationships, and Results” to the test, examining the results of a longitudinal tracking study to measure the...

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Using Linked Learning to Implement the Common Core State Standards

Performance Assessment & 21st Century Learning
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Elle Rustique
Brad Stam
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This brief outlines how the California's Linked Learning District Initiative is supporting 10 school districts across California. Students enrolled in a Linked Learning pathway enter into a four-year program of study that integrates academic content with technical and 21st century skills within...

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Reframing Student Outcomes to Develop 21st Century Skills

Performance Assessment & 21st Century Learning
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Eric Rice
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This brief identifies three strategic practices to be taken collectively by schools, districts, and communities to mobilize around preparing students for college and career success:

  • Collectively articulating and aligning a set of student outcomes that prioritize 21st century skills
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Developing a Performance Assessment System From the Ground Up: Lessons Learned From Three Linked Learning Pathways

Performance Assessment & 21st Century Learning
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Ann Jaquith
Daisy Martin
Jamie Johnston
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This report is designed to offer practitioners models, tools, and examples from the Linked Learning Pathways Initiative for developing a performance assessment system. The California Linked Learning District Initiative is in its fifth year. The initiative has provided significant support to nine...

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