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Systems for State Science Assessment

Every assessment is designed to measure a construct. Science achievement, Newtonian mechanics, and understanding inquiry are examples of constructs that might be measured by a science assessment. A ...
Government Technology

Penda Learning to Add Standards-Aligned Scantron Assessments

The Colorado-based ed-tech company Penda Learning is adding Scantron assessments to its game-based digital science curriculum for elementary and middle schoolers, aligning it with state-specific ...
Education Week

Aligned Science Curriculum, Better Scores? Research Finds a Connection

Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the nature of the organization WestEd. Using an elementary curriculum aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards improved students’ science ...
EdSource

California’s science test will be added to state school dashboard

March 12, 2026 - A settlement was recently reached in a class-action case, requiring LAUSD to offer intensive "high-dose" tutoring to 100,000 students for three years. The State Board of Education is ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Systems for State Science Assessment

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB, Public Law 110-107) extends the accountability provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Improving America’s ...