Students can score a 3 on a four-level test, but what does that mean? That’s what one of the big assessment consortia is trying to figure out by creating descriptions of how students must perform in ...

PARCC, one of two groups of states designing tests for the common standards, has approved descriptions of the skills and knowledge that students must have, at each grade level and in each subject, to ...

In education and assessment, we use the word “standards” in a number of ways: curriculum standards, standards-based assessments, performance standards. Performance standards—also known as proficiency ...