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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.

National Benchmarks ("Global Cohorts") for Classroom Assessment Results

Forefront's "Global Cohorts" aggregate student performance data to create national benchmarks for math programs in our assessment catalog. We devote this post to a look back at each of the Global Cohort groups for Bridges in Mathematics, the…
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Online Assessment in the Wake of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation marks a critical point, not just because it triggered the development of state assessments, but because the legislation created a need for assessment data throughout the year. Leaders across the country…
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Leaders Analyzing Assessment Data

4 Characteristics of Intelligent Professional Communities

The core of the Professional Learning Community (PLC) premise is that education communities must also be learning communities. As leaders and instigators of change, how do we recognize that learning? How do we see professional community growth? What…
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