This report and accompanying briefs provide a summary of explorations, accomplishments and lessons learned from more than 90 organizations working…
Aneesha supports state and district leaders, assessment developers, and policymakers in building coherent systems of teaching, learning, and assessment. Aneesha…
Our country’s K12 academic summative assessment systems are overdue for an update. A handful of states are out front, rolling…
Brad Bernatek joins Education First with over 25 years of experience in the private, public, and non-profit sectors focused on…
Reimagining the role of teachers to better serve all students, particularly those historically marginalized, is crucial to the success of…
Funders who focus on improving education outcomes do so because they recognize the essential contribution public schools play in creating…
Tara joins Education First after two decades working in leadership roles across the education sector. An expert in curriculum and…
Helping systems leaders cultivate the conditions to innovate, think bigger and achieve more on behalf of students. Education First partners…
As states face growing calls to develop state assessment systems that more directly support high-quality teaching and learning, several states…
Chawanna Chambers is a Senior Consultant on the Engaged Students team at Education First. In this role, she supports system-level…
Emma is an Associate Consultant on the Engaged Students team, where she conducts research and policy analysis on social and…
Never before has the need for social and emotional learning been so great in our students’ classrooms. The COVID-19 pandemic…
In recent years the number of states launching research and development initiatives on through-year assessments has multiplied as states hope…
