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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.

Bridges® in Mathematics: 3 Ways to Look at Student Growth

Our school district, Walpole Public Schools in Massachusetts, adopted Bridges in Mathematics in the 2022-23 school year. At the time of our adoption, we were already thinking about the assessment data that we wanted to collect from our…
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USNS IMPLEMENTATIONS

10 Tips for a USNS Implementation

As you begin to look to the fall to support your RtI/MTSS efforts to strengthen math instruction in your district, here are ten tips to help leaders prepare for and support a 2024-25 USNS implementation. 1) Set the…
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Data-Driven Approach to Equity

So many of the words that we use in education can be charged. We can also use the same words, but mean very different things. Take, for example, the word data itself. Data is a collection of facts…
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