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Differentiated Instruction

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 20, 2011

Lisa Nielsen offers an alternative to differentiated instruction: great idea, hard to practice–at least the way most schools and classrooms are organized.

Personalized Learning

The Importance of Value Added

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 18, 2011

The combination of digital learning and performance based reviews could make it much easier to measure student progress and transform todays education system.

Personalized Learning

Next Gen Assesment

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 24, 2011

What is the purpose of assessment? Giving a brief overview, Tom describes four purposes for assessment as part of next generation of interactive student learning

Personalized Learning

Why Standards-Based Gradebooks & What Next?

Guest Author

Jan 8, 2011

Standards-Based grade books can help ensure quality instruction and assessments for our students as long as there is a level of flexibility and rigor

EdTech

Hewlett's Quest for Deeper Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 6, 2010

Hewlett Foundation wants every student to have the opportunity to think critically, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively they way the do in SF's Envision Schools

Personalized Learning

Assessment Grants Chart Course for Decade to Come

Tom Vander Ark

Sep 4, 2010

ESEA didn’t get reauthorized this year, but the new framework for US education was initiated this week when the Department awarded $330M grants to two state consortia.

Personalized Learning

Build a Flexible Frame for Teacher Eval

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 12, 2010

Teacher effectiveness should be based largely on performance but we need to build flexible systems and evaluation language to incorporate new data from better sources including content-embedded assessment.

Personalized Learning

State Edu-Leaders: Please Don’t Screw Up the Next Decade of Testing

Tom Vander Ark

May 14, 2010

State education leaders need to be thinking about students of the future, students of the present headed for a college-ready future, and the testing and assessment practices of the future that can be implemented today.

Personalized Learning

More Widgets, Fewer #2 Pencils

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 13, 2010

With last week's launch of the $350m federal grant program last week, National Journal is hosting a conversation about student assessment. Here's my contribution.

Leadership

Good Urban Schools: A Portfolio Approach

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 28, 2010

This paper, first written in 2004 with Jim Shelton, is one of the first descriptions of the portfolio approach to urban education.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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