Curriculum & Assessment Resources
Resources and tools to keep district leaders up-to-date on best practices, lessons learned and emerging trends in curriculum and assessment.
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February 01, 2023
The Creation of Next Generation LearningType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentWhat should K-12 education look like in its next iteration? -
February 01, 2023
Where’s the Affirming Vision for Public Education?Type:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentIn a polarized time, no individuals are better positioned than superintendents for promoting a community’s broader mission of schooling beyond standardized test scores. The author is vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director of its Education & Society Program. -
January 01, 2023
The Questionable Forms of Student AssessmentType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentStudent testing has seen major developments since the No Child Left Behind Act. -
January 01, 2023
How the Pandemic Changed Our Thinking about Teacher EvaluationType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentAn intermediate education agency refocuses staff performance reviews to include evidence of student engagement. -
January 01, 2023
What We Focus On GrowsType:Article Topics: Curriculum & Assessment District & School OperationsAre schools measuring what really matters for learners? -
January 01, 2023
Case Study: The River Valley School District (Pa.)Type:Case Study Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness Curriculum & AssessmentHow one AASA Learning 2025 Demonstration System is creating a future-driven school district -
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December 01, 2022
Leading Systemic Redesign: Strategies from the FieldType:Webinar Recording Webinar participants will learn how their school community can work together to redesign the school system, reengineer instruction and co-author personalized learning for all learners. -
December 01, 2022
Transitioning from a Traditional Educational Model to a Competency Based Educational Model: Lessons Learned from AdministratorsType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThis study examined why schools and districts transitioned from traditional education systems to competency-based, the challenges and benefits -
December 01, 2022
Ratings and Rankings: The Illusions of Student Measurement without ContextType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentAmericans like to rank. We like standings. We assign scores - numerical ones - to sort and select our favorites, best, and worst. We make decisions based on polls that rank songs, movies, restaurants, places to live or retire, and colleges to attend. -
December 01, 2022
Feedback for Teachers: What Evidence Do Teachers Find Most Useful?Type:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThe purpose of this exploratory, descriptive study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions of three types of feedback on students’ performance to guide instructional improvements. -
December 01, 2022
[GPA] in, [GPA] out: Uncovering Inequity and Flaws in Grading PoliciesType:Article Topics: Curriculum & Assessment EquityThis commentary explores how the omnipresence of letter grades and grade point average (GPA) as metrics in American education encourage uncritical acceptance of current grading practices despite the inherent inequity and flaws that harm students and institutions. -
November 17, 2022
Re-Building Student Supports for Pandemic Impacted Times: Student Success Systems and the GRAD PartnershipType:Webinar Recording Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness Curriculum & Assessment District & School OperationsJoin us for a webinar to learn how the GRAD Partnership is working with districts, schools, and communities to Rebuild Student Success Systems to meet current needs. -
September 01, 2022
A Beacon of 12 Shining LightsType:Article Topics: Curriculum & Assessment District & School Operations EquityThe first column in a year-long series that will showcase each of the AASA Learning 2025’s Lighthouse school districts. -
September 01, 2022
Outcomes-Based EvaluationType:Infographic Topics: Curriculum & Assessment District & School OperationsJob performance that‘s tied to student outcomes. -
August 01, 2022
Opening Our Eyes Again to Overseas SchoolingType:Article Topics: Curriculum & Assessment District & School OperationsAASA’s executive director reflects on a recent education mission he took with others to Italy. -
May 01, 2022
Intellectual Virtues and the Formation of Good CitizensType:Article Topics: Curriculum & Assessment Leadership DevelopmentDrawing on Project Zero research, a middle school in Long Beach, Calif., explores the character strengths that support democracy -
May 01, 2022
Truth Decay in a Period of DivisivenessType:Article Topics: Curriculum & Assessment District & School OperationsWorking in students’ best interests amidst flourishing misinformation on equity and student support. -
May 01, 2022
Teaching Civic Online Reasoning Across the CurriculumType:Article Topics: Curriculum & Assessment TechnologyThe Stanford History Education Group has developed strategies to help students break from their media literacy malaise -
May 01, 2022
‘A Cry for Help From a Generation of Young People’Type:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentA federal judge in Rhode Island lays out, in an opinion from the bench, a dispassionate rationale for civics education today in K-12 schooling -
May 01, 2022
A Debate Over Civics EducationType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentRick Hess and Pedro Noguera challenge each other over how schools should teach citizenship and address racial tolerance
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Jun26
AASA Learning 2025 National SummitType:Summit Hear how school leaders across the country are building future-focused school systems that support all learners. -
Jul06
STEM Leadership ConsortiumType:Consortium Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentUse research-based STEM Leadership indicators to develop, evaluate, and improve STEM initiatives in your district, with the opportunity to be nationally recognized as a STEM Certified district. -
Jul26
Social and Emotional Learning CohortType:Cohort The AASA Social and Emotional Learning Cohort is designed to help educational leaders and districts across the country meet the needs of the whole child. -
Jul27
Redefining Ready! CohortType:Cohort Topics: College- Career- and Life-Readiness, Curriculum & Assessment, District & School OperationsStudents are so much more than a standardized test score. Redefine what "ready" looks like for your students.
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