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EduWired Insights From The Field

Assessment and Grading Practices

April 2025

Educators share their positions on the role and value of assessment in schools.

It’s standardized assessment season, and teachers are feeling the pressure.

October 2024

Teachers describe students arriving in their class with fewer grade-level skills than in previous years, and they attribute this to testing and boxed curriculum.

June 2024

Following the spring’s standardized testing season, educators share struggles, frustrations, and challenges.

April 2024

The disruptions of standardized assessment season compound existing challenges posed by absenteeism.

December 2023

Educators discuss the implications of late work and grade penalties.

November 2023

ResultsLab: Assessments in Math and ELA

June 2023

Assessment: June 2023 NAEP Results

May 2023

Assessment: Innovative Formative Assessment Practices

Assessment: Standardized Testing Burnout

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