(CAE), a nonprofit provider of performance-based assessments that authentically measure students' essential academic and career skills, today announced an expanded partnership with the Institute for ...

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Expanded collaboration will equip K–12 educational organizations with instructional tools, assessments, and training to cultivate students’ career readiness through self-directed learning models.