Alternative credential programs should include a valid form of performance-based assessment to ensure that students are mastering learning outcomes. Performance-based assessments may include: ...

Do exams still serve a purpose? Could tests be replaced by project-based work? How do we move beyond grades to more meaningful demonstrations of learning? On Tuesday, April 24 the #DLNchat community ...

Students who take alternate assessments are typically placed in non-inclusive, low-rigor settings, which can deprive them of academic and socialization opportunities. At the December 2016 meeting, the ...

The Arizona Department of Education has released the results of standardized tests that students took in the spring of 2025.

Laurie Harrison, Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, (785) 864-1594 MONTPELIER – Vermont has joined the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM) Alternate Assessment Consortium, a multi-state initiative ...

Standardized tests have dominated the school reform discussion for years, with students scores used — often unfairly — to judge the kids as well as their schools, teachers, principals, districts and ...

Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale referred to my Sept. 22 column on inflated tests scores as “inaccurate” and “unsubstantiated” in his Sept. 27 letter to the editor (“Column on ...

Q: What do “alternative assessments” mean? When we want to know what students know, we give them a test or a quiz. However, these forms of testing don’t always reflect the application of the skills ...

The Secondary Principals Association says some members want a temporary alternative to online NCEA literacy and numeracy tests to become permanent. In poor communities, about 60 percent of students ...