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View Projects, Portfolios, and Performance Assessments, online now. Does standardized testing accurately evaluate students' learning progress? Opponents to traditional testing believe "capstone" projects, portfolios, and performance-based tests better enhance students' learning and truly prepare them for college and the workplace. This Education Week special report explores alternative testing methods to offer a big-picture look at the current state of performance assessment and pinpoint some best practices. Subscribe so you can read the full report, and get complete access to everything on edweek.org.       Performance Assessment: 4 Best Practices     This isn't the first time states and schools have turned to projects, portfolios, exhibitions, and essays to measure students' learning. Here are lessons from the last go-around. READ MORE           Exploring Ways to Say So Long to Traditional Letter Grades       Some teachers are ditching grades or using standards-based grades and "no zero" grading policies to keep students more focused on learning and less intent on grade-grubbing. READ MORE           Colleges Crack Open the Admissions Door to Consider Students' Skills   Most colleges rely on standardized tests and grades to decide who gets into their schools. A handful of schools want to change up the mix. READ MORE         Three Teachers, One Test Question: Will Their Responses Differ?         How Digital Games Take the Stress Out of Formative Tests         How to Assess Group Projects: It's About Content and Teamwork           Can 'Capstone Projects' Deepen Learning for High School Seniors?         Enjoy the complete reporting provided in Projects, Portfolios, and Performance Assessments. Subscribe to Education Week for more in-depth special reports and daily K-12 news. Enjoy unlimited digital access from every device when you subscribe today! Find out how your entire organization can benefit from premium digital access and save with an Education Week group subscription. via mensagem...