In February, my colleague Catherine Gewertz wrote about the EQuIP rubric, which teams of teachers are using to deem whether instructional materials are aligned to the Common Core State Standards. The ...

Each differ in the time it takes to develop and grade, as well as in the amount of supplemental feedback required. This type of rubric typically breaks down an assessment into multiple criteria and ...

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For Quality Counts 2008, the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center compiled data on more than 150 indicators across six distinct categories. This year’s report also reintroduces the state-by ...

My youngest came home with the map of Africa he had worked on all last week in class, his disappointing grade scrawled across his assignment book. "What happened?" I asked. From the teacher's point of ...