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Multiple Measures Approaches to High School Graduation

Performance Assessment & 21st Century Learning
Stanford University School Redesign Network
Linda Darling-Hammond
Elle Rustique
Raymond L. Pecheone
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This report shows how the design of high school graduation policies can have important consequences for teaching, learning, and student attainment. It contrasts the results of single-test approaches to graduation with those of states using a broader range of measures to award a high school...

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Performance Assessments: How State Policy Can Advance Assessments for 21st Century Learning

Assessment Infrastructure & Costs
National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Ace Parsi
Linda Darling-Hammond
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This report by Ace Parsi and Linda Darling-Hammond is intended to familiarize state boards of education with performance assessments and help policymakers address some of the thorniest issues around these assessments: purpose, sustainability, reliability, accountability, policy...

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Through A Looking Glass: Lessons Learned And Future Directions For Performance Assessment

Assessment Infrastructure & Costs
Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)
Raymond L. Pecheone
Stuart Kahl
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This paper by Raymond L. Pecheone and Stuart Kahl describes efforts by states to use performance assessment in large-scale state accountability systems and highlights promising practices that can a basis for broadening how the nation approaches assessement and accountability. Lessons from...

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