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How New Schools, Tools and Policies Will Bring an End to the Big Test
We are beginning to see the end of the current era of standards-based reform and for people that care about equity, we are wondering what’s next? So what is next? There have been eight important developments since NCLB was enacted. The most important sign of things to come is the trend towards personalized, blended, and competency-based education systems
Assessment for Learning Project
With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the National Center for Innovation in Education and NGLC are launching a $2 million grant program that will support pilot programs focusing on personalized learning.
3 Tips to Support Project-based Learning for Low-Income Students
A project-based learning classroom is a special place by design, and close attention to equity is one of the ways a teacher can add even more value than simply the learning experience.
Toward Better Growth Measures
Better growth measures are key to the future of personalized learning and the end of heavyweight year end tests. As more students progress on personalize pathways, it is necessary to develop comparable growth rates to ensure that all students are making adequate progress.
Adaptive Learning: The Secret Sauce of Next Generation Learning and Achievement
By: Jessie Woolley-Wilson. For educators to adapt and meet the needs of every student, they must have access to meaningful, actionable data that dynamically changes as a student learns.
Navigating the Shift from Number Grades to Narrative Assessment
To reach a tipping point where number, percentage, and letter-based grades can begin to be seen as not necessary or – better yet – detrimental to learning, we have to build a focused movement that shows a consistent alternate view of assessment. That can simply looks like… well… talking to our kids.
10 Powerful Project-Based Learning Engagement Strategies
Student engagement is key to motivation, persistence, and deeper learning. In addition to our recently featured 22 instincts that motivate a commitment of time and energy, here's 10 strategies to promote powerful project-based learning experiences.
Mastery Tracking: Measuring Specific Skills to Accelerate Student Learning
By: Jean Fleming. In order to move students from understanding to increased achievement and growth, teachers need to identify and utilize the instructional resources and strategies best suited to individual student needs.
What’s More Important, High Test Scores or Self-Direction?
The education technology discussion is fraught with false dichotomies. One that I find particularly troubling is the false choice between improving test scores and preparing for life and work in the 21st century.
Should Teachers Share Formative Assessment Results in the Classroom?
By: Ron Drabkin. Immediate feedback, sharing, and coaching can help to improve students’ attitudes, their aptitudes, and ultimately their achievement. Here is what sharing formative results can look like in your classroom.