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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.

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Give Teachers the Tools for Standards-Based Grading

  If your school or district embraces a standards-based grading system, your staff has already done much of the hard work of changing how teachers, leaders, and parents understand student learning. The standards-based mindset prioritizes the most recent…
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The Number Sense Lens

Lenses are conceptual frameworks to organize ideas, skills, concepts, and developmental milestones. They provide educators with shared perspectives on expectations and outcomes, and provide ways to define and understand student learning to guide planning and instructional decision making.…
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How Assessments Can Hurt Student Learning

Every district, school, and classroom teacher has to develop ways to understand student learning. In the wake of the pandemic, assessment needs are a top priority for many districts. Many districts are using federal stimulus funds to purchase…
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We are an assessment data company focused on helping educators center the most meaningful measures of student learning.

Our articles and resources support teachers and leaders in better understanding their students and using assessment results to inform instruction.