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ANet is a nonprofit dedicated to the premise that every child in America deserves an excellent education and the opportunities it provides. We pursue our vision of educational equality in America by helping schools boost student learning with great teaching that is grounded in standards, informed by data, and built on the successful practices of educators around the country.
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Filtering by Tag: assessments
The educational leaders from Moving Everest give us succinct and impactful insights as we use interim assessments to inform instruction. Our blog captures five takeaways from the video and resources to further support our student data analysis and usage.
Read MoreWe have said it before, and we will say it again: what students read matters. ANet is dedicated to modeling what diverse and equitable texts can look like in an instructional context, including in assessments, and that students have ownership of their education. We are sharing our own approach as well as tools and resources to support you in making this a reality in your school.
Read MoreANet wants to ensure that students are not just seeing people of color represented in texts about struggle and oppression or in stories where we need to be flawless, heroic, or extraordinary; people of color deserve to be three-dimensional and have a voice in every sphere of life.
Read MoreANet’s guidance provides concrete, actionable advice for schools and districts on how to approach the use of assessments and data to address amplified learning loss.
Read MoreMany districts are investing heavily in curriculum to improve teaching and learning. But you’ll only get so far if you only pay attention to curriculum, because assessments can actively work against a good curriculum. ANet helped LDOE grapple with this dilemma.
Read MoreTeachers at Allen Parish Schools, in Louisiana, felt harried and frustrated by testing until ANet helped district leaders realize they had a tool to save time and inform their teaching hiding in plain sight—curriculum-embedded assessments.
Read MoreHyde Leadership Charter School-Brooklyn showed impressive academic growth for third through fifth-grade students—14% growth in math and 10% growth in ELA—on the 2017-2018 New York State exams.
Read MoreDespite widespread dissatisfaction with too much testing, district leaders often feel powerless to change their situation. Fortunately, there are actions they can take. Check out this infographic to see the impact our partners made.
Read MoreWe are excited to release our new white paper on refining system-level assessment strategy. You’ll learn the steps of the process and understand some key insights that can help you get the most out of your assessment strategy efforts.
Read MoreSome of the excellent math and ELA curricula now available include curriculum-embedded assessments. Where do these fit into your assessment strategy? Can they replace the array of assessments you use now?
Read MoreA thoughtful, balanced assessment strategy is about more than just testing: it’s about creating better experiences for our teachers and students.
Read MoreThere are a lot of reasons school leaders turn to item banks. But several of our school partners have told us that their experience with item banks didn’t live up to their expectations.
Read MoreThere are a lot of assessment providers out there, and they all claim to provide high quality. But how do you really know?
Read MoreLeaders at George Washington Carver STEM Elementary in Cleveland know that assessments can be as much a planning tool for teachers as they are a measure of student learning.
Read MoreFormative means assessment for learning—the results help teachers plan instruction to meet their students’ current needs. Summative means assessment of learning—the results are for evaluation or accountability.
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