title: Promoting health literacy through the health education assessment project.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Council of Chief State School Officers' State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards Health Education Assessment Project (SCASS-HEAP) allows states to pool financial and human resources to develop effective ready-to-use health education assessment resources through a collaborative process. The purpose of this article is to describe the extensive ongoing development of the SCASS-HEAP and its benefits for important stakeholders in health and education.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of the products from the first decade of the SCASS-HEAP was undertaken.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The SCASS-HEAP supports a comprehensive systems approach to helping educators focus effectively on the most important skills and issues in child and adolescent health and gives health education a place at the school reform table, providing visibility and credibility and promoting the essential links between health and learning.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  State education agencies and school districts can use SCASS-HEAP materials for assessment and, perhaps more importantly, to help teachers modify and improve instruction at the classroom level for increased student learning.
authors.affiliation: School Health Consultant, 16 Howe Street, Hingham, MA 02043, USA. tomneva@supportlab.com
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Tami B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Deal
authors.forename: Beth
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pateman
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States