Rethinking Accountability: Putting Students and Learning First
Watch interviews and videos of speakers from SCOPE's June 11 Rethinking Accountability conference in Washington, D.C.
Watch interviews and videos of speakers from SCOPE's June 11 Rethinking Accountability conference in Washington, D.C.
Linda Darling-Hammond argues that performance assessments are needed to ensure our children will succeed in the knowledge-based society they are entering.
This book, edited by Linda Darling-Hammond and Frank Adamson, synthesizes the latest findings on the costs, benefits, and feasibility of performance assessment.
Linda Darling-Hammond looks at where we are in the development of a new generation of assessments, and how much they are likely to cost.
In a discussion on how to motivate students, Bob Lenz cites SCOPE's Student-Centered Schools study as an example of students who are engaged.
Thomas Showalter summarizes the conversation at the June 11, 2014, SCOPE conference, "Rethinking Accountability: Putting Students and Learning First."
In a blog for Huffington Post, Linda Darling-Hammond says we have international evidence about something that has a greater effect on learning than testing: teaching.
Diane Friedlaender et al. examine the outcomes of student-centered learning with a cross-case analysis of four schools, a technical report, a research and policy brief, and interactive educator's tool.
A cross-case analysis, a technical report, an educators' tool, and a research and policy brief offer evidence of the positive impact of student-centered learning.
Linda Darling-Hammond and AFT President Randi Weingarten discuss how new standards cannot succeed under an old accountability system.