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- Assessment More States Could Drop Their High School Exit ExamsThere's movement afoot in nearly half the states that still mandate high school exit exams to end the requirement.Assessment Cardona Says Standardized Tests Haven't Always Met the Mark, Offers New FlexibilityThe U.S. Department of Education is seeking to reinvigorate a little-used pilot program to create new types of assessments.Assessment Opinion The 4 Common Myths About Grading Reform, DebunkedGrading reformers and their critics all have the same goal: grades that truly reflect student learning. Here’s how we move forward.Assessment If ChatGPT Can Write Virtually Anything, What Should a National Writing Exam Test?That's a question the board that oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress is confronting amid AI's rapid ascendance.Assessment From Our Research Center Few Educators Say A-F and Numeric Grades Offer 'Very Effective' Feedback for StudentsFewer than 1 in 6 educators—13 percent— say that A through F or numeric grades are a “very effective way” to give feedback to students.Assessment Q&A This Teacher Has Students Track Their Own Progress in Class, and It's Paying OffMiddle school teacher Erin Merrill gives her students the responsibility of tracking their mastery.Assessment Opinion Grades and Tests Can Undermine Learning. Do They Have To?Students grow and change, but their assessment records never do. Should this change?Assessment Q&A Q&A: Top NAEP Official Talks About the Future of Nation's Report Card and MoreStatistics commissioner Peggy Carr says persistent chronic absenteeism is partly to blame for historically low test scores.Assessment States Eye Assessment Throughout the Year as Frustration With Standardized Testing MountsSome states are working to transition to through-year testing models in an effort to make standardized tests more relevant to educators.Assessment From Our Research Center Educators Feel Growing Pressure for Students to Perform Well on Standardized TestsMany say they feel more pressure now than before the pandemic to ensure students perform well on the annual, state-required exams.Assessment Teachers Say Those Ubiquitous, Every-Few-Months Tests Don't Always Capture What's TaughtThe vast majority of schools use them, but not all teachers think they accurately measure student progress.Assessment Quiz Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About Formative Assessment?Answer 7 questions about formative assessment.Assessment Q&A Picking an Interim Assessment? Do This First, Say School LeadersTwo district leaders explain how they evaluate interim assessments—and why having access to external reviews would be "huge."Assessment ‘Interim’ Tests Are Used Everywhere. Are They Good Measures of Student Progress?A recent attempt to look under the hood of interim assessments is on hold after several test providers wouldn’t commit to participation.Assessment Measuring Mastery, Not Seat Time: Here's How Schools Can Make It WorkA new report lays out the nuts and bolts for schools adopting a model that stresses student mastery of skills they need for college and careers.