Education Week

Picking an Interim Assessment? Do This First, Say School Leaders

One of the many responsibilities that falls to school district leaders is whether to use an interim assessment—one that’s given every couple of months—to measure student progress. These tests can ...
Education Week

Teachers Say Those Ubiquitous, Every-Few-Months Tests Don’t Always Capture What’s Taught

At some point during the year, most students in U.S. schools will take a benchmark test. These tests, also called interim assessments, are designed to measure students’ progress toward instructional ...
EdSource

Teacher complaints lead to improvements in state tests

Changes are underway to fix flaws in tests designed to help teachers pinpoint student weaknesses before they take Common Core–aligned assessments each spring. Many teachers have given the optional ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Education notebook

The Little Rock School District is making a move to a new system for measuring the academic progress of students during the course of a school year. The NWEA MAP Suite of tests will replace the ...
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Companies Increasingly Fail Interim Security Test, But Gap Narrows

The share of companies passing their interim security tests under the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) — a practice run to help firms meet full compliance — dropped to 37% in ...