It’s time for a more strategic approach to assessment. Schools, school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs) need to take…
With the Obama administration’s signature education initiative, Race to the Top, officially concluded, states and districts should resist the temptation…
Race to the Top directed billions of dollars to states in order to put in place college and career ready…
At Education First, we hold ourselves to very high standards for delivering high-quality and practical advice and materials for leading…
Thousands of people flock to the state of Hawai‘i every year for its incomparable sun, surf and natural beauty. Here’s…
Anand’s interest in education began on the outside as an education reporter for two major daily newspapers, deepened when he…
Often described as a “divergent thinker,” Ila approach to her work is marked by a deep intellectual curiosity and an…
Ann Duffy advises state and district leaders to design and implement initiatives that improve student success. She is an expert…
Jenn Vranek founded Education First in 2006 to build a mission-driven organization of the most trusted and effective education policy…
Joe collaborates with district and school leaders, educators and funders to design and apply innovative strategies to challenges in K12…
We’d Love to Hear From You Education First is dedicated to closing race- and class-based achievement gaps so that every…
What Matters Most Our work and expertise center on a core set of levers we believe are most critical to…
In this series of briefs we provide an introduction to important areas for effective K–12/higher education collaboration and alignment. Each…
In this brief, we address the dual issues of assessment development and use. More than ever, the K-12 and higher…
Measuring what students know and can do is an essential part of teaching, and like many teaching practices, designing assessments…
This framework helps policymakers understand how assessment decisions relate to standards, school/district accountability systems, teacher evaluation goals and high school graduation requirements.
Legislative- and executive-created commissions in three states—Colorado, New Jersey and Ohio—have recently studied their schools’ use of assessments and the…
The RSN’s “Communications and Engagement Assessment Rubric” helps State education leaders reflect on their current communications and engagement efforts and…
