Assessment & Standards

Supporting Students With Intense Social, Emotional and Behavioral Challenges: The NEEDS-SEB Model details how to establish and maintain programming for students with intense social, emotional, and behavioral needs.

Early college high school programs where students experience the intensity of college courses and earn credits are "underutilized and under-resourced," says a new report. 

Even before COVID and the shift to online learning, the traditional K-12 model of a teacher standing in front of classrooms was gradually becoming obsolete.

Betsy DeVos, who resigned as education secretary Friday, supported limited federal involvement in education, promoted choice and offered flexibility during COVID.

A critical issue facing leaders of the next Department of Education will be how to use assessments to measure progress after the disruptions of COVID and online learning.

Joe Biden's administration is being urged to transform assessment and accountability systems to counter the COVID's inequitable impacts on education.