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“What we have heard today makes one thing clear: It is that performance-based learning and assessment is not an abstract idea or a future aspiration. It is happening now in New York State classrooms.” – Deputy Commissioner Johnson-Dingle��

On��April 30, 2026, 51���� hosted the “Performance-Based Learning and Assessment in Middle & High School” hybrid webinar to provide New York State administrators and��school��leaders with an opportunity to engage in regional discussions about��approaches to performance-based learning and assessment (PBLA) that support local implementation of NY Inspires and NYS’s Educational Assessment Strategy in middle and high school.����

Watch recordings and explore resources from this event:��

• Opening Presentation with Welcoming Remarks from Commissioner Rosa��
• Professional Learning Sessions:��
  • Utilizing Performance-Driven Instructional Approaches to Engage Students & Build Their Competencies��
  • Performance-Based Assessment: Purpose & Use in a System of Multiple Measures��
• Keynote Address by Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Founding President & Chief Knowledge Officer, Learning Policy Institute��
• Closing Remarks from��Deputy Commissioner Johnson-Dingle��