I write in response to an article in your Quality Counts report titled “Offered Chance to Craft Tests, States Moving With Caution ” (Jan. 4, 2017), which addresses the most significant issue leading ...

Project-based learning is nothing new. More than 100 years ago, progressive educator William Heard Kilpatrick published “The Project Method,” a monograph that took the first stab at defining ...

Binghamton schools among pilots testing performance-based learning ahead of statewide 2027 graduation overhaul ...

Some Southern Tier schools are at the vanguard of the NY Inspires initiative, which will change learning models throughout ...

The New York State Department of Education is launching a pilot program to study new ways to change high school diploma requirements including using performance-based assessments instead of Regents ...

Two Westchester high schools will participate in a state pilot program aimed at helping schools shift toward performance-based assessments, which evaluate what students know by having them perform ...

Students often draw upon a diverse set of prior understanding and experiences when attempting to explain phenomena. Formative assessment allows teachers to better understand students’ alternative ...

Parents are being told that the first big issue for a new Secretary of Education in the Biden administration is deciding whether schools should test or not test students in 2020. However, a much ...

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA), enacted by Congress in 1998, requires states to establish a comprehensive accountability system for adult education programs. The WIA mandates that states must ...