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@StudentSuccess

Committed to high academic standards, high-quality assessments and strong accountability so that every child can be prepared for success in college and career.

Joined March 2014

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  1. We partnered with + to create a resource for leaders to use to take action to ensure they can measure student growth in 2021.

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  2. Feb 8

    A community program in Northern Virginia aims to link "disconnected" youth with career & life skills opportunities in a unique way - by building boats. director Jim Cowen says the program "may be just the type of solution communities need."

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  3. Feb 5

    “Leaders in 23 states (AL AR AZ CA CO CT FL ID IL IN MA MO MS NJ NM NC OH OK SD TN TX UT WY) have publicly supported assessments… [but] 5 states have announced plans to request a waiver (GA MI MT NY SC).” via

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  4. Feb 5

    This week, we joined 18 education & civil rights advocacy groups in a letter urging to call on all states to administer summative statewide assessments. Read our full joint-letter here:

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  5. Feb 5

    Following the , 19 education + civil rights organizations urged to stand by the use of statewide assessments "to identify and address one of the most inequitable school years in history."Check out the letter here:

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  6. Feb 4

    Arizona teachers: understanding where students stand academically is critical to COVID-19 recovery. Sign the petition today to urge state and federal officials to move forward with spring assessments this year, so we can all better support students.

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  7. Feb 4

    "Arkansas remains committed to statewide standardized testing in the spring, Ivy Pfeffer, Arkansas Department of Education deputy commissioner, said Tuesday at Governor Hutchinson’s weekly COVID-19 briefing."

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  8. Feb 3

    Important coalition letter to from a wide range of organizations including several members, incl. . See thread 👇

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  9. Feb 3

    🗣“We must collect accurate, objective, and comparable data that speaks to the quality of education in this moment, including data from statewide assessments.” et al

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  10. Feb 3

    Following the , we joined a letter with 18 fellow education + civil rights organizations urging to stand by the use of statewide assessments "to identify and address one of the most inequitable school years in history."

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  11. Feb 3

    . announces the release of ‘A Nation of Readers: How State Chiefs Can Help Every Child Learn to Read,’ ’s anchor document outlining four concrete actions state leaders can take to support improved student reading skills .

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  12. Feb 3

    Today, released a new report that recommends 4 actions for states to improve reading skills for all students. The report builds on ideas from a Literacy Summit held last year and was developed alongside several state chiefs.

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  13. Feb 3

    During today's Literacy event, British Robinson of the issued a clarion call for improving literacy outcomes for families and students, citing research that establishes literacy as key in addressing inequity and poverty in the US.

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  14. Feb 3

    New survey data showing strong public + parent support for giving end-of-year statewide assessments this year could increase pressure on and others to urge states to move forward with spring tests.

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  15. Feb 3

    A new CO survey shows strong support for using end-of-year statewide assessments to understand pandemic learning loss, with 62% of Coloradans and 66% of parents supporting use of spring tests.

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  16. Feb 2

    8 ways schools are fighting to preserve learning amid the pandemic, including South Carolina educators finding lessons for improvement in early testing data

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  17. Feb 1

    "It would make little sense for the president to draw attention to the role data can play in the recovery only to have his education secretary waive the federal testing requirement away.” via

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  18. Feb 2

    teachers: understanding where students stand academically is critical to COVID-19 recovery. Sign the petition today to urge state and federal officials to move forward with spring assessments this year, so we can all better support students.

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  20. Jan 29

    Pam Loprest of : "As the economy starts opening up, the problems for people with less education don’t go away. Having less education has meant a much more difficult economic situation for much longer than the pandemic." (via )

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