Open Response - A newsletter from Measured Progress

Welcome to Open Response

Stuart Kahl, president and CEO of Measured Progress, welcomes new and old friends to the premiere issue of Open Response, a newsletter with assessment information for a varied audience. Through this newsletter, Stuart and the newsletter staff hope to demystify educational assessment and—to the extent it is possible to do so—the assessment issues in No Child Left Behind. Full Story . . .

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Using Assessment to Improve Student Learning

Measured Progress recently entered into a partnership with distinguished professional development expert Rick Stiggins and the Assessment Training Institute (ATI). ATI’s videos and books (available from Measured Progress) provide guidance toward standards-based, student-involved assessment. This article, written by Dr. Stiggins, speaks to the importance of using an assessment system that is balanced, diverse, and responsive to the needs of an equally diverse community.  Full Story . . .


Introduction to Released Items

Lessons Learned from the Scoring Center

Higher ExpectationsA Newsletter for Special Education Professionals

Why Constructed Response?

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Standards-Based Assessments and Professional Development Support for BIA Schools Nationwide

Measured Progress Helps Consortium Develop English Language Proficiency Assessments

Measured Progress Helps States Develop New Alternate Assessments under USDOE Grant

Measured Progress Announces Presentations at CCSSO Conference

Measured Progress to Demo Computer-Based Assessment System at CCSSO Conference

Introducing Progress Toward Standards—Our District-Level Assessment

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