Support the shift from standardized testing toward diverse assessment strategies—performance-based assessments, portfolios, and experiential learning—with teacher training, resource allocation, and accountability flexibility¶

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Description¶

The brief calls for policies supporting "a more diverse set of assessment strategies— such as performance-based assessments, portfolios, and experiential learning" so students are evaluated on the full range of POG competencies. It states this transition "requires significant shifts in teacher training, resource allocation, and flexibility in state accountability measures," and that states and districts must collaboratively build systems and give teachers tools and professional development to administer and score these assessments.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teacher training, resource allocation, and flexibility in state accountability measures; professional development for administering and scoring assessments

Constraints¶

• The brief notes moving away from traditional standardized testing requires significant shifts, implying substantial system change

Target Learners¶

• high school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• demonstrating POG competencies such as communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving through authentic assessment

Related Strategies¶

• Integrate POG frameworks into curricula and assessment with ongoing stakeholder dialogue, rather than leaving them as unused documents
• Leader supports for teachers using practical measures to advance CRSE
• Rethinking Accountability
• Portfolio Assessment
• Five KEA selection and implementation considerations for policymakers and practitioners
• Reallocate resources from test preparation and interim assessments to performance task development and scoring as professional learning

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Terrell, J. H., Ahigian, R., Garvey, M., & Barzee, S. (2025). Building future-ready students: The state of Portraits of a Graduate Frameworks. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED673550