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
) -
SNAP Courses to Support NGSS Assessment Design and Implementation (
MOOCs, Stanford Graduate School of Education
) -
Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards (
report, National Research Council
) -
21st Century Assessment: The Future Is Now (
report, SRI Education
) -
Task Annotation Project in Science (
project, Next Generation Science Standards
) -
Science Task Screening Tools (
resources, Next Generation Science Standards
) -
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.
Related Project
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.