Performance-Based Learning and Assessment in Middle and High School: Keynote - April 30, 2026
“The workyou’redoing now is inspirational not only within New York, but also nationally. Lots of usare looking and learningand watching.... I want to congratulate you for the large steps that you are taking to lead your own schools into the future, and really to help lead those of usall acrossthe country into that future with you.” – Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond
Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Founding President & Chief Knowledge Officer of the Learning Policy Institute, gave the keynote address during the April 30, 2026, statewide hybrid event, speaking toresearch onimplementing systems of performance assessment to transform learning.
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OnApril 30, 2026, 51 hosted the “Performance-Based Learning and Assessment in Middle & High School” hybrid webinar to provide New York State administrators andschoolleaders with an opportunity to engage in regional discussions aboutapproaches 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 other recordings and explore resources from this event:
- Opening Presentation with Welcoming Remarks from Commissioner Rosa
- Professional Learning Sessions:
- Closing Remarks fromDeputy Commissioner Johnson-Dingle

