Monthly Archives: April 2012

Leadership in Action: What are Professional Learning Communities?

Leadership in Action: What are Professional Learning Communities? Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page April 23, 2012   NEW ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium’s Leadership in Action series outlines why professional learning communities may be the most effective, affordable, and sustainable school improvement strategy around.…

Assessing Learning

Assessing Learning Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page April 19, 2012   HEIDI ANDRADE, KRISTEN HUFF, AND GEORGIA BROOKE Student-centered assessment is a vital part of student-centered learning approaches. This paper examines the defining qualities of student-centered assessment and underscores the importance of student-centered assessment as part of a balanced system of formative, interim,…