District Leadership in the New Era of Assessment

District Leadership in the New Era of Assessment
Gabe Hernandez/Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP

A nationally representative survey of school superintendents in states implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) found that about half of district leaders agreed that new CCSS-aligned assessments do a better job than their previous states tests when it comes to measuring higher-order analytical and performance skills. About 40% said the new tests were driving instruction in positive ways.

Superintendents or their designees were asked about their districts' experiences with preparing for and administering CCSS-aligned assessments in the spring of 2015 (the first statewide administration in many states) and using student test data to inform and improve instruction. Results of the survey, conducted in early 2016 by the Center on Education Policy. (CEP) at the George Washington University, are detailed in District Leadership in the New Era of Assessment, a companion to two other CEP reports released in 2016 that describe findings from a national teacher survey and teacher focus groups.

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