New visions don’t fit in old structures: A response to Dynarski and Santelises
New visions for educational assessment inevitably provoke questions that are grounded in beliefs...
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Kappan Contributor: William R. Penuel
Reimagining American education: Possible futures for equitable educational assessment
For too long, we have accepted many aspects of educational assessment as givens: Letter grades....
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Fostering educational improvement with research-practice partnerships
By partnering with educators and community members, researchers are helping schools address the urgent problems they face each day.
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Creating a system of professional learning that meets teachers’ needs
A teacher survey helps science educators set a direction for statewide professional learning. ...
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Design principles for new systems of assessment
Rather than being led by national testing mandates, state and local leaders should design balanced assessment systems guided by coherence, research on learning, and attention to equity.
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Implementing the Next Generation Science Standards
A new vision for science education is grounded in the idea that science is both a body of knowledge and a set of linked practices for developing knowledge.
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