State Performance Assessment Learning Community
The State Performance Assessment Learning Community (SPA-LC) is a national effort that supports states seeking to enact performance-based systems of assessment at scale. SPA-LC provides states with technical and strategic guidance; tools and resources; and collaborative opportunities to develop policies, capacity, and infrastructure to support more meaningful assessment systems. SPA-LC is committed to ensuring all students, teachers, families, and leaders have access to the assessment data they need to support each student in learning and growing.
Further Reading
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Performance Assessment Resource Bank
website, Envision Learning Partners
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SNAP Courses to Support NGSS Assessment Design and Implementation
MOOCs, Stanford Graduate School of Education
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Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards
report, National Research Council
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21st Century Assessment: The Future Is Now
report, SRI Education
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Task Annotation Project in Science
project, Next Generation Science Standards
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Science Task Screening Tools
resources, Next Generation Science Standards
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Transforming Science Assessment: Systems for Innovation
resources, Next Generation Science Standards
Performance Assessment Resource Bank
This resource bank hosted by Envision Learning Partners is an online collection of high-quality performance tasks and resources that support the use of performance assessment for meaningful learning.
Funders
Funding for this project has been provided by the Amgen Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Stuart Foundation, and Walton Family Foundation. Core operating support for the Learning Policy Institute is provided by the Heising-Simons Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Raikes Foundation, Sandler Foundation, and MacKenzie Scott. We are grateful to them for their generous support.
Partners
SPA-LC partners include Menlo Education Research; the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity; Center for Assessment; Center for Innovation in Education; Southern Regional Education Board; Council of State Science Supervisors; Council of Chief State School Officers; ACESSE Project; University of Colorado Boulder; and several independent experts.