Includes updates and/or revisions. Two groups of states that are designing assessments for the new set of common academic standards have expanded their plans to provide instructional materials and ...

Champions of students with disabilities have long complained that those students are often an afterthought in state testing plans. Only after a test design is completed are educators asked to go back ...

The New York state Common Core Task Force, commissioned in September of 2015 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to “overhaul” the state’s Common Core State Standards (CCSS) system, met for the first time in mid ...

Learn about designing effective assessment tasks to promote deeper learning, increase students’ motivation and engagement, and allow all students to demonstrate their learning. breaking down a large, ...