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UMass Donahue Institute
April 2017
How effective is online credit recovery at increasing student engagement and achievement?
Tags: Assessment, College & Career Readiness, Competency-Based Education
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University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
March 2015
This brief highlights findings from a study of 12 Massachusetts high schools with high dropout rates that developed online credit recovery programs as part of the "MassGrad" initiative.
Tags: Assessment, Competency-Based Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Time, Technology
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New England Secondary School Consortium
February 2014
Proficiency-based grades incentivize students to work harder and learn more because progress and effort are recognized and rewarded.
Tags: Assessment, Competency-Based Education
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Chris Sturgis
January 2014
Our A-F grading scheme is undermining the very core purpose of our education system: learning.
Tags: Assessment, Competency-Based Education
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Eric Lindland, Michael Baran, Moira O'Neil, and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
November 2012
Researchers map the gaps between the ways that the public and experts think and talk about assessment.
Tags: Assessment, Community Voice & Engagement, Technology
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Moira O'Neil, Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor, and Tia Remington-Bell
November 2012
In this report, researchers dive into how assessment is framed in mainstream news outlets.
Tags: Assessment, Community Voice & Engagement, Technology
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New England Secondary School Consortium
October 2012
Have you ever wondered what learning standards are, what they are not, how they actually work in schools, and why they matter?
Tags: Assessment, Curriculum & Instruction, Teachers & School Leaders
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Adam F. Simon, Moira O’Neil, and Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor
May 2012
What effect do reframing tools have on issues such as skills and learning, learning time, and assessment?
Tags: Assessment, Learning Time
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Heidi Andrade, Kristen Huff, and Georgia Brooke
April 2012
Student-centered assessments should be individualized, motivate and engage students, and focus on learning and growth.
Tags: Assessment, Competency-Based Education, Governance & Finance, Policy
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Christina Brown and Pascale Mevs
February 2012
Quality performance assessments can provide a deep portrait of student mastery for schools and educators. This 2012 report details examples of schools using performance assessment systems and provides a framework and essential elements for implementation.
Tags: Assessment, Competency-Based Education, Curriculum & Instruction
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New England Secondary School Consortium
June 2011
If we want to know what today’s students need to succeed, we should listen to those who will be preparing and employing them after they graduate.
Tags: Assessment, College & Career Readiness
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Laurie Gagnon
June 2010
How can performance assessments help high school students prepare for success in college and beyond? Through a series of interviews with Boston public school graduates, this study analyzes how performance assessment systems prepared students for future academic, professional, and personal endeavors.
Tags: Assessment, College & Career Readiness
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Rosann Tung
January 2010
Performance assessments, often used for individual student evaluation, are effective measurements, but rarely incorporated into accountability systems at the district and state levels.
Tags: Assessment, Finance & Governance
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