Assessment
A Dashboard is Not A Plan
Dr. D’Andre Weaver and Dr. Eric J Ban detail how education leaders are seeking more holistic insights to support students on their college, career, and life journey.
Dr. Trish Scanlon on How Voice Technologies Should Work For Kids
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom sits down with Dr. Trish Scanlon to discuss the rise of AI, with specific attention on voice technologies and how it can best work for young people.
Striving Toward a Better Accountability System
By: Dr. Jill Siler. Superintendents can be held accountable in a way that is well-rounded, appropriate for children, and reflective of the hopes and dreams of their communities.
Pharrell Launches Whole Child Nonprofit to Even the Odds
YELLOW is building data-driven, meaningful, and future-forward assessment tools to help advance the art of teaching as a system.
Digital Credentials: A Better Way to Capture and Communicate Learning
There is an invention opportunity to better credential units of learning. Listed are six opportunities to better capture and communicate learning.
It’s Not About The Grade, It’s About the Growth: 5 New Mindsets for Hybrid Assessment
While the pandemic has had its roadblocks, it has provided dynamic learning experiences that allow for continual feedback and iteration, voice and choice, reflection, and opportunities for continual growth.
Get the F Out
The pandemic has created new opportunities for how to define success for our students. It starts with getting rid of the "F".
ACT Expands Focus from The Test to Holistic Framework
Several years in the making, and under new leadership, ACT has become a fully-orbed learning organization with a focus upon equity. ACT is sharing tools and a roadmap to address the needs of students in the present.
Invention Opportunity: Measuring What Matters
By: Devin Vodicka. It's time for an invention opportunity around assessments - create new policies, practices, and tools that encourage the development of purposeful goals tied to whole-child and competency-based learning progressions.
Hybrid Instruction Creates More Time for Formative Assessments
By: Dr. Margy Jones-Carey. The move to hyrbid and remote learning has paved the way for educators to make more time for formative assessments.