Current News

Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna says schools will "field test" the new Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) tests, part of the transition to the Idaho Core Standards, in spring 2014.

Connecticut Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor will take advantage of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's flexibility proposal, asking that 20 percent of state students field-testing a new online assessment in the 2013-14 academic year not be required to take traditional state tests in the same year.

Alabama Superintendent of Education Dr. Tommy Bice says the state has been awarded a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) that will enable it to use its Plan 2020 to measure public school achievement.

CCSSO’s Technical Issues in Large-Scale Assessment State Collaborative (TILSA) today announces the release of a new publication titled TILSA Test Security Guidebook.

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) will give additional flexibility to states whose No Child Left Behind Act waiver requests were approved before the summer of 2012, allowing them to delay the use of student growth on state tests in their teacher evaluations for one year until the 2016-17 school year.

The Tennessee Department of Education has launched the state's largest-ever training for educators who will help implement the Common Core State Standards in math and English.

On June 13, the Maryland Department of Education announced the approval of 21 of 22 teacher and principal evaluation plans, which will take effect for the 2013-14 school year.

The Louisiana Department of Education recently held a training session for 2,000 teacher leaders on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). These teachers were selected by their districts to train their colleagues and reach out to parents.

Speaking at the Indiana Youth Institute's Postsecondary Counseling Institute, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz outlined two initiatives to improve the state's school improvement model and reorganize school guidance programs.

The Georgia Department of Education announced that it has developed courses for a new education model aimed at helping students find potential career paths.