How School Administrators Can Support and Promote Formative Assessment
WestEd’s Susan Villani reflects on the most powerful strategies administrators have mastered to help formative assessment thrive in the classroom.
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March Focus: Comprehensive Support to Improve Success for English Learners
Explore WestEd’s research, services, and resources designed to help educators rapidly improve teaching and systemic support for English learners.
February Focus: Turnaround Leadership for Rapid School Improvement
WestEd is highlighting everything it takes — from cultivating leadership talent to tapping federal funding opportunities — to create school improvement.
Raising the Bar on Instruction: 21st Century Learning Standards
Visit the Raising the Bar website to access research-based tools, resources, and services designed to help teachers transition to college- and career-ready standards.
Actionable Principles of Formative Assessment
In this book excerpt, authors Heidi Andrade and WestEd's Margaret Heritage discuss the three key principles for effective implementation of formative assessment.
WestEd's Deb Sigman Receives the CERA 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award
WestEd’s Deb Sigman is the recipient of the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the California Educational Research Association (CERA). The award honors her more than 40 years of leadership and service to California's K-12 students.
WestEd Will Lead Mathematics Framework Update for the Nation’s Report Card
WestEd is excited to announce our leadership role in the mathematics framework update for the Nation’s Report Card, also known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP measures the academic achievement of elementary and secondary students through assessments in reading, mathematics, science, writing, and other subjects. The information collected provides a snapshot of the state of education in United States.
Using Formative Assessment to Enhance Learning, Achievement, and Academic Self-Regulation
Written with the practical constraints of teaching in mind, this book aims to help teachers maximize the positive impacts of classroom assessment on teaching.
Using Formative Assessment to Enhance Learning, Achievement, and Academic Self-Regulation
Maximize the positive impacts of classroom assessment on teaching.
Self-Regulation in Learning: The Role of Language and Formative Assessment
Discover how to help students monitor and take charge of their own learning.