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 ...
Odessa American

TEA launches STAAR Interim Assessment Pilot

Commissioner of Education Mike Morath notified school districts and open-enrollment charter schools that the Texas Education Agency has launched the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness ...
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 ...
Forbes

To Make Progress In Reading, We Need To Monitor It Differently

“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...
Community Impact

Allen ISD board to review interim assessment results at upcoming meeting

The Allen ISD board of trustees hosts regular meetings and workshop meetings at 610 E. Bethany Drive in Allen. (Colby Farr/Community Impact) Allen ISD’s board of trustees is scheduled to review middle ...
Chicago Tribune

Illinois board of ed considers changing state’s standardized testing to 3 times a year, but some educators push back

Despite opposition from some teachers and parents, the Illinois State Board of Education is considering replacing the state’s annual student assessment with interim testing throughout the school year, ...