Faranak Rohani

Conventional statewide assessments, such as those used to meet No Child Left Behind mandates, can measure only a subset of competencies essential to the K-12 curriculum. These skills are primarily those that can be assessed through conventional paper-and-pencil tests. This limitation encourages schools and teachers to emphasize that subset, often at the expense of other skills that are harder to assess, including complex problem solving. An additional problem is that statewide assessments f...