By Dale Chu This week, Assessment HQ published 2024 assessment results for 41 states (and D.C.). The key takeaway is that (nominal) gains in math are outpacing ELA, but students are by and large still far behind. That hasn’t stopped some states from trying to sugarcoat...
By Dale Chu Now that most states have released their 2024 assessment results, what can we make of them? Overall, most states are nowhere near full recovery. Anecdotally, in conversations I’ve had with school and district leaders, more movement is being seen in math than ELA—with...
By Dale Chu With the election and Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror and the end of the year right around the corner, Assessment HQ enthusiasts can take heart in today’s release of 2023-24 state assessment scores for 41 states (and D.C.). With this update, Assessment HQ...
By Dale Chu There’s a long list of grievances when it comes to standardized testing. Among these are the glacial pace of returning results to parents, the politics of setting cut scores, and the user unfriendliness of state report cards. But perhaps the most foundational sticking...
By Dale Chu The assessment world was set alight last week with the news of skyrocketing test gains in the Sooner State. Reading scores for Oklahoma’s third graders jumped from 29 percent proficient last year to 51 percent this year. Eighth graders bested their previous mark...
By Dale Chu Coinciding with this week’s convention, the Democrats just released its party platform, a document that provides plenty of political comfort food, but nothing appetizing when it comes to annual assessments. Turn to page 26 in the platform to see for yourself the off-putting...
By Dale Chu There’s less than ninety days before voters head to the polls, but no shortage of assessment headlines worth flagging. Let’s go: States have started releasing 2024 state results: Texas, Tennessee, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, and Missouri have issued their most recent assessment data. Overall, the...
By Dale Chu Two policy wonks I respect and admire, Charlie Barone and Rianna Saslow, recently co-authored an article in The 74 highlighting the key strategies used by “spotlight schools” in Colorado and Massachusetts to help lift student achievement. Notable among these is the centrality of...
By Dale Chu [caption id="attachment_6705" align="alignright" width="500"] The Bellwether authors examine two key policy goals—reducing the testing footprint and increasing instructional relevance—that have emerged as part of the push for new forms of testing.[/caption] One of the most frustrating aspects of the future of assessment conversation is...
By Dale Chu Today, the Collaborative for Student Success, the National Parents Union (NPU), and EdTrust announced the results of a joint effort to bridge the gap between parents and policymakers on the important question of how state assessment results are used to smartly and efficiently...