Impact Story: Implementing Statewide Systems – Formative Assessment in Missouri
Formative assessment is a planned, ongoing process that elicits and uses evidence of student learning to provide teachers with feedback that they can use to adjust learning strategies, goals, or next instructional steps.1
Research suggests that students who participate in formative assessment perform better on measures of academic achievement than students
Impact Story: Charting Pathways Toward a Strengthened Educator Workforce in Colorado
The Problem
Across the United States, vacancies in the educator workforce have drastically increased, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Leading up to the 2021–22 school year, Colorado schools sought to fill 5,729 teaching positions, representing 10.33% of all teaching positions in the state. Of those positions, 1,568 (27.37%) remained unfilled for
Impact Story: Executive Leadership Forum in Kansas & Missouri – Guiding Leaders Guiding Change
In response to the rapidly changing context of delivering education during COVID-19, Region 12 Comprehensive Center (R12CC) launched a monthly forum to engage school superintendents in conversations about leading change during times of uncertainty. Drawing on research and experience from multiple fields, sessions are designed to help leaders broaden their understanding of