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		<title>Education Week: Assessment+and+testing</title>
		<description>Education Week: News and Information About Issues in Education for Educators</description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Assessment and Testing]]></title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Readiness Assessments Fuel Testing Jitters]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/01/08/readiness-assessments-fuel-testing-jitters.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[The collection and use of data about just how prepared individual children are to enter kindergarten can be a ticklish proposition.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Is PISA a Victim of Its Own Success? IES Head Calls for Change]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/02/01/is-pisa-a-victim-of-its-own.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education sees two specific challenges potentially undermining the quality of the international assessment program, writes Mark Schneider.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Common Assessments a Test for Schools' Technology]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[As the two big groups of states craft common-assessment systems, experts warn that the smallest details could undermine their work.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Common-Core Testing 2.0: Get Updated in 7 Questions]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/02/27/common-core-testing-20-get-updated-in-7.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/02/27/common-core-testing-20-get-updated-in-7.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Assessment+and+testing]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments have evolved since they were launched in 2015. Here's a guide to understanding them now.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA['Nation's Report Card' to Get Trimmed, Four Subjects Dropped]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/07/24/nations-report-card-to-get-trimmed-four.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/07/24/nations-report-card-to-get-trimmed-four.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Assessment+and+testing]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The arts, geography, economics, and foreign languages will lose their place in the testing line-up as the National Assessment of Educational Progress is being streamlined to cut costs.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[How to Assess Group Projects: It's About Content and Teamwork]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/02/06/how-to-assess-group-projects-its-about.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[Group projects founder when students don't work well together. Here's the latest thinking on evaluating students on both content mastery and collaboration skills.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[What Is Performance Assessment?]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/02/06/what-is-performance-assessment.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[Here's a handy glossary on terms like project-based learning, competency-based learning, and standards-based grading.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Five Big Challenges Ahead for Advanced Placement]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/09/03/the-five-big-challenges-ahead-for-advanced.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[AP has managed to dodge the partisan pitfalls that have felled other ambitious curricular efforts—so far, write Chester E. Finn Jr. and Andrew E. Scanlan.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Teachers Should Design Student Assessments. But First They Need to Learn How]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/07/19/teachers-should-design-student-assessments-but-first.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA["When the day came to administer the first test I had designed," writes Brandon Lewis, "my heart sank."]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA['Development Assessments Are Not Tests']]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/07/13/36letter-5.h30.html</guid>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Three Teachers, One Test Question: Will Their Responses Differ?]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Education Week asked three 8th grade teachers to evaluate real student responses to an open-ended question on the National Assessment of Educational Progress in social studies. Here's what they said.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[It's Official: All States Have Been Excused From Statewide Testing This Year]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/04/coronvirus-no-state-testing-essa.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2020/04/coronvirus-no-state-testing-essa.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Assessment+and+testing]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[Within three weeks, a pandemic has completely changed the national landscape on testing. The U.S. Department of Education has now excused all 50 states and the District of Columbia from the requirement that they test all their students in math and English/language arts.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[The Assessment Consortia: Field-Test Blues?]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning_deeply/2014/05/the_assessment_consortia_field_test_blues.html</guid>
				<link><![CDATA[https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning_deeply/2014/05/the_assessment_consortia_field_test_blues.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drss&utm_term=Assessment+and+testing]]></link>
				<description><![CDATA[The field tests have provoked enthusiasm and anxiety, but they can point to better testing in 2015.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Performance Assessment: 4 Best Practices]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[This isn't the first time states and schools have turned to projects, portfolios, exhibitions, and essays to measure students' learning. Here are lessons from the last go-around.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Overhauling Student Assessments: A View From the Pilot's Seat]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/04/03/overhauling-student-assessments-a-view-from-the.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[Louisiana and New Hampshire are among the handful of states that have stepped up to experiment with crafting new student assessments under the Every Student Succeeds Act.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Putting Virtual Assessments to the Test]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Virtual performance assessments allow students to tackle authentic science problems while measuring their proficiency, writes Pendred Noyce.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Students With Disabilities Fear Fallout From College Admissions Scandal]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/03/20/students-with-disabilities-fear-scandals-fallout.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[Allegations that some students lied about having disabilities so they could get special accommodations on college entrance exams have the disabilities community worried about a backlash.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Could Testing Wreck Civics Education?]]></title>
				<guid>https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/09/18/can-tests-capture-students-civic-dispositions.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[As civic education undergoes a renaissance in schools, educators are looking beyond standardized tests to determine whether the lessons empower students to embrace civic behaviors, like voting or volunteering.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<title><![CDATA[Montana's Assessment Snafus Could 'Test' NCLB Law]]></title>
				<guid>https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2015/04/what_happens_i.html</guid>
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				<description><![CDATA[Montana has just decided to make testing under the Smarter Balanced assessment optional, after some serious technical glitches.]]></description>
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