Changing School District Practices Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page March 01, 2012 BEN LEVIN, AMANDA DATNOW, AND NATHALIE CARRIER School districts function as governing bodies, but also as supporters of change and advocates of equity. Implementing student-centered changes to pedagogy, culture, and more can help districts accomplish these objectives. This report, part…
Quality Performance Assessment: Harnessing the Power of Teacher and Student Learning Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page February 05, 2012 CHRISTINA BROWN AND PASCALE MEVS Standardized testing is just one form of assessment available to districts and schools. To generate a robust portrait of students’ achievement, policymakers and educators should consider quality performance…
It Takes a Whole Society: Opening Up the Learning Landscape in the High School Years Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page February 01, 2012 ROBERT HALPERN Nearly one-third of the four million youth who enter high school each year will drop out. The over-reliance on one institution—high school—to meet the full range of…
Talking about Skills and Learning: A FrameWorks MessageMemo for the Core Story of Education Project Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page February 01, 2012 SUSAN NALL BALES, NATHANIEL KENDALL-TAYLOR, ERIC LINDLAND, MOIRA O’NEIL, ADAM SIMON The first in a series of interpretive reports to emerge from the FrameWorks Institute’s Core Story of Education…