The new, stricter requirements for achieving a CCMR letter grade A have Texas school administrators re-examining how they prepare students for the TSIA2. With MasteryPrep’s TSIA2 curriculum and TSIA2 online courses, your students can make significant gains. But if you want to sustain year-over-year score gains and boost CCMR outcomes, it starts with STAAR. https://masteryprep.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/To-Improve-TSIA2-Scores-STAARt-Early.mp4 […] The post For Better TSIA2 Scores, STAARt Early appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

When you think about improving test scores, teaching to the test inevitably comes to mind. In our opinion, teaching to the test is a very bad idea. As a matter of fact, MasteryPrep was developed as a new way to improve student achievement on standardized tests without teaching to the test. At MasteryPrep, we enable […] The post MasteryPrep: Better Scores without Teaching to the Test appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

You need to improve student performance on standardized tests. How should you go about it? You have a few options. Teaching to the Test When you teach to the test, you pull out the exam you’re prepping for, and you reverse engineer the learning process so that students can answer those exact questions. This is […] The post If I Can’t Teach to the Test, What Should I Teach To? appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

Want better scores on student achievement tests like the ACT, SAT, or your state end-of-course exams? There are so many ways to move the needle, but the most frequently used one, teaching to the test, won’t work. Why? 1. Lightning never strikes twice. Educators take last year’s test and teach students how to answer that. […] The post Five Reasons Teaching the Test is Dead appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

Every educator and school leader wants to do right by their students, which means constantly seeking improvement. But to make positive changes, school leaders first need data on what’s working and what isn’t. That’s why the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires all states to administer school accountability programs that utilize standardized testing and […] The post A Sustainable Approach to High School Accountability in Oklahoma appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

For nearly a century, high school students have taken the SAT exam using paper and pencil. That’s changing forever this year when the College Board shifts to digital-only test administration. But it’s not just the format that’s new. The Digital SAT also comes with significant changes to content and time limits, meaning students and teachers […] The post What The Digital SAT Means For School Districts appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

Every educator and school leader wants their school’s quality to keep improving so they can give students the best possible education and experience. But it’s impossible to improve without knowing where you stand. Since 2016, the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has required states to develop and administer school accountability systems to provide that […] The post A Sustainable Approach to High School Accountability in Kentucky appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

Building effective school accountability systems that don’t takes way from teaching and learning is a challenge in every state — and in recent years, it’s been a particularly sticky issue in Tennessee.  Since the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2008, the U.S. Department of Education has required each state to develop and […] The post A Sustainable Approach to High School Accountability in Tennessee appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

Public school accountability has been a hot topic for decades — and a federal requirement since the No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2008. In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replaced universal accountability measures with a requirement that each state develop its own accountability system for schools and districts to track […] The post A Sustainable Approach to High School Accountability in Alabama appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more

As the saying goes, “What gets measured gets improved.” The same idea underpins school accountability frameworks — by tracking students’ learning and growth, educators, school leaders, and education policymakers can improve school performance and student outcomes. Building an effective accountability framework, however, is no easy task. That’s why the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) […] The post A Sustainable Approach to High School Accountability in North Carolina appeared first on MasteryPrep ..read more