Testing to, and Beyond, the Common Core
No
In the magazine Principal, Linda Darling-Hammond argues that new performance assessments can help improve instruction and guide school improvement.
Student Assessment and Standards
Developing a Performance Assessment System From the Ground Up: Lessons Learned From Three Linked Learning Pathways
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Developing a Performance Assessment System From the Ground Up: Lessons Learned From Three Linked Learning Pathways
February 5, 2014
Jaquith et al. developed this guide for teachers, principals, and administrators from the Linked Learning field for developing a performance assessment system.
New study gives Linked Learning practitioners practical tools for creating performance assessment systems
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February 5, 2014
This new guide offers teachers, principals, and administrators tools and examples from the Linked Learning field for developing a performance assessment system.
School testing systems should be examined in 2014
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School testing systems should be examined in 2014
December 26, 2013
NPR
Linda Darling-Hammond appears on Morning Edition to discuss how the United States can move from test-and-punish to an assess-and-improve philosophy.
Creating Systems of Assessment for Deeper Learning
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Creating Systems of Assessment for Deeper Learning
November 18, 2013
This report by Conley and Darling-Hammond provides guidance on how states can develop coherent, strategic systems of assessment to prepare students for college and 21st century careers.
Linda Darling-Hammond on the Common Core Standards
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Diane Ravitch's blog features a post by Linda Darling-Hammond on how to treat the Common Core State Standards as guideposts and not straitjackets.
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Reliability and Validity of Inferences About Teachers Based on Student Test Scores
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Reliability and Validity of Inferences About Teachers Based on Student Test Scores
September 24, 2013
ETS
Stanford professor Edward Haertel discusses the reliability and validity of teacher value-added scores and whether they measure what they purport to measure.
Student Assessments That Work
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Student Assessments That Work
September 1, 2013
American School Board Journal
Darling-Hammond looks at the evolving conversations on student assessment and the high stakes of adequately preparing our students for a complex world.
Teacher Learning Through Assessment
How Student-Performance Assessments Can Support Teacher Learning
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Teacher Learning Through Assessment: How Student-Performance Assessments Can Support Teacher Learning
September 12, 2013
Center for American Progress
This report from Darling-Hammond and Falk describes teacher learning through involvement with student assessments in the United States and around the world.
The next generation of assessments can—and must—be better
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Linda Darling-Hammond and Frank Adamson write that open-ended, teacher-scored assessments that reinforce higher-order thinking skills are affordable and within reach.
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