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When Pennsylvania assessment results arrive, educators often focus on the headline numbers: proficiency rates, school performance metrics, and accountability outcomes. While those figures are important, they only tell part of the story. Pennsylvania‘s Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) provide a framework for understanding how…

When we launched our inaugural Alien Ranking Card Student Design Contest, we hoped students would have fun creating their own alien characters. What happened next exceeded every expectation. More than 500 original alien designs were submitted from classrooms across the country, each showcasing the creativity and…

Five years after the initial pandemic disruption, Georgia Milestones assessment data tells two very different stories. Math has largely recovered to pre-pandemic performance levels. Literacy has not. For district administrators, assessment directors, and instructional leaders, that distinction matters. The data no longer supports treating COVID recovery…

Educators have access to more student data than ever before. The challenge isn’t collecting data—it’s knowing what to do with it. Every assessment, assignment, and progress report provides valuable insight into student learning. But data alone doesn’t improve outcomes. Meaningful growth happens when educators use that…

Big news for Texas educators: Progress Learning is officially listed on the Texas Education Agency’s EMAT portal!  Through EMAT, districts can now purchase Progress Learning subscriptions directly using state instructional materials funding, making it easier to support STAAR® preparation, targeted intervention, progress monitoring, and standards mastery…

Tennessee elementary schools are entering a major transition period. Beginning in spring 2027, all TCAP assessments for grades 3–5 will move to computer-based testing (CBT), changing not only how students test, but also how schools prepare for instruction, intervention, and reporting timelines. For district leaders, the…

Louisiana has made a major investment in math instruction. With the passage of Act 260 (2023) and Act 650 (2024), the state has introduced one of the most comprehensive numeracy reform packages in…

Every fall, schools follow the same process: students complete a universal screener, results populate a dashboard, and then, far too often, the data sits untouched while instruction moves on to the next unit. It is not because educators do not care. It is because the gap between having…

Kentucky’s approach to school accountability is evolving, and for educators, administrators, and district leaders, the details matter. Governor Andy Beshear signed House Bill 257 on April 13, 2026, and the changes take effect before the 2026–27 school year. If you work in a Kentucky school…