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Elementary Schools for Equity: Policies and Practices that Help Close the Opportunity Gap

Equity Issues
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Laura Wentworth
Julie Kessler
Linda Darling-Hammond
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In 2008, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) invited a team of researchers, including the authors, to study schools within the city, including elementary schools that were, like those profiled in High Schools for Equity, achieving strong educational outcomes with low-...

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Performance Counts: Assessment Systems that Support High-Quality Learning

Assessment Infrastructure & Costs
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
Linda Darling-Hammond
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This article authored by Linda Darling Hammond for CCSSO, outlines the criteria for a Student Assessment System, which should:

  • address the depth and breadth of standards as well as all areas of the curriculum, not just those that are easy to measure.
  • consider and include all
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