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Superintendent: modern state assessments demand higher reading and written responses; Brandywine claims rare statewide educator sweep
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Lawson told the board current Smarter Balanced assessments require deeper reading, analysis and written explanations compared with the older DSTP items; the district also celebrated three statewide educator honors (state teacher, principal and assistant principal of the year).
Superintendent Dr. Lawson told the Brandywine School District board that state assessment items have shifted from single-answer computational or recall questions toward multi-step, real-world problems that require reading comprehension, reasoning and written explanation.
Using side-by-side examples, Dr. Lawson contrasted DSTP-era items that asked students to select a single correct response with Smarter Balanced items that ask fifth- and…
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