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Best Practices in Data and Assessment
Every month, we share expertise on best practices in standards-based grading, how to streamline assessment systems, and tips to build a culture of meaningful, data-driven decision-making.
Forefront Education commissioned an external review of the Universal Screeners for Number Sense (USNS) by a team of researchers at Bowling Green State University. Led by Jonathan Bostic, PhD., a professor and expert in areas of assessment and…
Do teachers in your district think of data as a four-letter word? That’s because so much of the data that they are asked to collect and use is not meaningful or manageable. For data to inform classroom practice,…
"He is a C student." "She's bad at math." "These students are failing." Traditional grading systems rank students and turn grades into labels. When we label students, we try to apply a system of sticks and carrots to…
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