More schools are ditching final exams
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May 29, 2007
Los Angeles Times
Linda Darling-Hammond comments on trend towards performance-based assessments.
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Student Assessment and Standards
Experts urge states to stay course on high-quality assessments
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June 20, 2013
Education Week
Darling-Hammond and others have identified five things that make assessments high quality and are urging states to hold out for such tests in face of political and financial pressures.
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New study shows that high school graduation should depend on more than a test
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April 6, 2004
A new study released today by Stanford University researchers examines the impacts of state testing practices and the effectiveness of various approaches.
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Education leaders release criteria for high-quality assessment
List Provides Critical Guidance on Measuring the Skills U.S. Students Need
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June 19, 2013
A group of the nation’s leading education experts today released new criteria for high-quality student assessment that pave the way to deeper learning of 21st-century skills.
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Criteria for High-Quality Assessment
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Criteria for High-Quality Assessment
June 19, 2013
SCOPE, CRESST, and Learning Sciences Research Institute
A team of leading education researchers provide a set of criteria for assessment developers, policymakers, and educators to use to create high-quality student assessments.
What teachers need and reformers ignore: time to collaborate
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In this Washington Post op-ed, Linda Darling-Hammond writes about why teacher collaboration time is so important to the profession.
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‘Test-and-punish’ sabotages quality of children’s education
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In an op-ed for MSNBC, Linda Darling-Hammond argues that rather than improving education, the current obsession with test scores undermines the quality of education.
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Darling-Hammond: Expect ongoing churning of schools
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March 15, 2013
The Common Core curricula will require comparable changes in pedagogy and how teachers are supported, says Darling-Hammond.
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Getting to Higher-Quality Assessments: Evaluating Costs, Benefits, and Investment Strategies
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Getting to Higher-Quality Assessments
March 18, 2013
SCOPE
Topol, Olson, and Roeber argue that a unified assessment system, combining state and district spending, could provide surplus funds for higher-quality assessments.
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Developing Assessments of Deeper Learning: The Costs and Benefits of Using Tests that Help Students Learn
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The Costs and Benefits of Deeper Learning Assessments
March 15, 2013
SCOPE
In this report, Linda Darling-Hammond and Frank Adamson argue that the resources that are currently spent on student testing could support much higher quality assessments.
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