I write in response to an article in your Quality Counts report titled “Offered Chance to Craft Tests, States Moving With Caution ” (Jan. 4, 2017), which addresses the most significant issue leading ...

Project-based learning is nothing new. More than 100 years ago, progressive educator William Heard Kilpatrick published “The Project Method,” a monograph that took the first stab at defining ...

Two Westchester high schools will participate in a state pilot program aimed at helping schools shift toward performance-based assessments, which evaluate what students know by having them perform ...

Binghamton schools among pilots testing performance-based learning ahead of statewide 2027 graduation overhaul ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...

EdSource · Los Angeles parents fight for and win intensive tutoring for kids hurt by Covid A bill wending its way through the California State Legislature could remove a valuable tool to evaluate ...

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA), enacted by Congress in 1998, requires states to establish a comprehensive accountability system for adult education programs. The WIA mandates that states must ...

The New York State Department of Education is launching a pilot program to study new ways to change high school diploma requirements including using performance-based assessments instead of Regents ...