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This framework helps policymakers understand how assessment decisions relate to standards, school/district accountability systems, teacher evaluation goals and high school graduation requirements.

In 2015 the U.S. Department of Education announced that it would require all 50 states to develop equity plans to ensure that all students have...
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Legislative- and executive-created commissions in three states—Colorado, New Jersey and Ohio—have recently studied their schools’ use of assessments and the time students spend taking tests...
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We created this rubric to help State education leaders reflect on their current communications and engagement efforts and take tangible steps forward to improve their...
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The RSN’s “Communications and Engagement Assessment Rubric” helps State education leaders reflect on their current communications and engagement efforts and take tangible steps forward to...
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With its emphasis on content aligned to the actual expectations of colleges and employers, the Common Core State Standards can provide a foundational strategy for...
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In this brief we describe and illustrate three elements that our research shows to be the backbone of any serious approach to engage and prepare...
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In this brief we offer three examples of efforts to provide teachers with strong training and development around the Common Core. While these efforts aren’t...
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In this report we offer specific recommendations to state and district leaders in five significant areas that we have found to achieve high-quality professional learning...
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Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) are content- and grade/course-specific learning goals that educators can use to measure what students learn over a period of time. In...
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In 2014 we worked with Phi Delta Kappa International to create a strategic plan for the launch of Educators Rising, a new teacher pipeline initiative....
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In the Reform Integration Framework and Resource Guide, we offer state and local education leaders a framework to identify priorities for integrating new reforms around college-...
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The primary purpose of any teacher evaluation and support system is to increase student learning by improving classroom instruction. Essential to improved instruction is targeted...
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As states transition to new college- and career-ready standards and assessments, there is lots of misinformation about what these new assessments are and how they...
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As states transition to new college- and career-ready standards, leaders need to be sure that the assessments they choose not only reflect those standards, but...
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This report, written in partnership with the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, provides a close look at how four pioneering districts are striving to put the...
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Student learning objectives (SLOs) are specific learning goals for a group of students that teachers in non-tested grades and subjects can use to measure student...
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Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) are content- and grade/course-specific learning goals that educators can use to measure what students learn over a period of time. In...
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States and districts need to engage educators as they develop, implement and improve reforms. Unfortunately too often educators are engaged too late, once the reforms...
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In this guide we outline a set of indicators for school-level success in implementing the Common Core State Standards. We found that high-quality transition plans...
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We developed this toolkit to provide state leaders with tools and resources on how to better communicate about educator evaluation systems with key audiences, with...
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In this publication we summarize the findings of a group of state leaders, district officials, school leaders and teachers and external experts as they examine...
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Written as many Race to the Top states were fully implementing new educator evaluation system, this guide proposes a framework for engaging teachers in evaluation...
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In this report, we examine the readiness of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in three areas related to Common Core State Standards...
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