Articles: Assessment

This turnaround expert has used formative assessment (and common sense) to raise achievement in three districts in six years.

John Covington talks about the new organization to improve the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools in Michigan.

A new survey of Louisiana schools reveals a critical issue facing most states nationwide: schools are lacking the technology needed to conduct online testing required by the Common Core State Standards.

The 2011-2012 school year marked the first time in decades that Texas school districts could purchase instructional materials without approval by the state board of education.

Like Kaya Henderson, chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, the curricular subject of geography has been flying under the radar.