Rachel C. Syrja, a teacher on special assignment for the office of instruction in the El Monte City, Calif., school district, has designed districtwide staff development in assessment for learning, ...

How do you know assessment data is being used effectively in your district? Do teachers now have the tools to make informed instructional decisions with that data? Adopting a comprehensive assessment ...

We live in a world that has been recently reshaped in many ways. Among the areas most impacted by the pandemic is the state of K-12 education. After years of disrupted learning, setbacks in students’ ...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The University of Arkansas’ Office of Innovation for Education teamed up with the Arkansas Department of Education to land a $3.6 million, four-year grant from the U.S ...

Data from student assessments is important, but it’s not the only type of data that educators should rely on to improve their teaching. Performance-driven schools also use other kinds of information, ...

Eli has been eagerly pursuing a journalistic career since he left the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill School of Journalism. Previously, Eli was a staff reporter for medical trade publication ...

Regarding the piece (“N.M. can do better than last in education,” My View, Sept. 6): Has New Mexico looked at a tried and true approach to teaching which consists of letting data make every decision ...

When we started using a new literacy program 10 years ago, our reading scores were mediocre. Within a few years we had moved up to being a Level 1+ school, which is one of the highest rankings for ...

Research suggests that when principals work directly with teachers in explaining how and why they should use data to improve their instructional practices, the effect on student achievement is more ...