Most children acquire an understanding of the natural world well before they receive their first science lesson, research suggests. They know that solid objects cannot move through each other, that ...

Citation: Briggs, D.C. & Furtak, E. (2018). Learning progressions and embedded assessment. Pre-print from S. Brookhart & J. McMillan (Eds) Classroom Assessment and Educational Measurement, NCME Book ...

The reports, tools and resources from the Learning Progressions (LP) Project reflect outcomes from a two-year partnership with Denver Public Schools (DPS) to pilot the use of learning progressions in ...

This post is by Tony Siddall, the K-12 Program Officer at Next Generation Learning Challenges. What is assessment, really? Having worked in and with schools for more than fifteen years, I thought I ...

The education debate in Australia becomes tangled when the same key concepts are used by various groups and individuals to mean very different things. Take the concept of “personalised learning”. It ...

In January, our team published a report on social-emotional learning research that has taken on new importance during the past few months. Written in partnership with New Schools Venture Fund, the ...

When you walk into a math classroom in Charleston County School District, you can feel the difference. Students aren’t just memorizing steps–they’re reasoning through problems, explaining their ...