Student-Centered Assessment | Transform.Ed Briefing #118
Inside the Briefing: From understanding the foundations of student assessments to evaluating languages, literacies, and learning - integrating self-assessment to improve student learning.
Quick Updates 🔔
The future of education calls for personalization, then why are we still clinging to standardized tests? Standardized tests aren't working anymore because they reduce learning to a number, often ignoring curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking.
Join Aaryan Salman Zorabian in conversation with Randy E. Bennett, the Norman O. Frederiksen Chair in Assessment Innovation at ETS, as they explore:
Why is standardized testing not working?
How can socio-culturally responsive assessments enable diverse learners?
How can AI impact the equity in assessments and learning?
Because every learner is more than a score. And it’s time we measure what matters. Register now!
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Big Ideas 💡
How Can Global Citizenship Education Foster Creativity?
By Dr. Vlad Petre Glăveanu | .ed Magazine
By Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo
Poll of the Week 📊
Poll Results from Last Week
In response to the question “What do you find most challenging when implementing peer evaluation in your classroom?” the breakdown of results is as follows:
About a third of respondents believe that it takes too much time, another third opted for fear of damaging peer relationships, and the rest think it was the inability to provide feedback.
Would you like to discuss these results or share your thoughts in the community?
Policy Pulse 🏛
Guidance » Assessing Languages, Literacies and Learning Across the Curriculum
By UNESCO, UNICEF (Regional Office for East Asia and the Pacific)
This publication offers practical guidance for classroom-based assessment of multilingual learners in the Asia-Pacific region. It addresses the need for accurate, inclusive, and culturally aware assessments in linguistically diverse settings. It provides resources, guiding principles, and actionable strategies for assessing language skills and other curricular content, including mathematics and science, while promoting multilingualism and multiliteracies.
Global Events for Your Calendar 🗓
Apr 30 - May 21 | FREE EVENT » 29th Educational Leadership Forum - Reimaging Assessments: Measuring What Matters
This is an Online Event hosted by the Global Citizenship Foundation.
Apr 23 | FREE EVENT » The State of AI in Education: A Journey from Resistance to Transformation
This is an Online Event hosted by edWeb.
Apr 29 - May 01 | FREE EVENT » Promoting Deep and Actionable Teacher Learning in the Age of Cognitive Overload
This is an Online Event hosted by Cambridge English.
Jun 20 | PAID EVENT » 3rd Global Conference on Innovations in Education
This is an Onsite Event hosted by Nanyang Technological University.
Lights, Camera, Education 🎬
Film » Mahalle's School - Family Going Live (Short Film)
This short film follows the story of a small family in Maharashtra (India) as they adapt to the unexpected world of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering an intimate lens into life, learning, and change.
Documentary » The Finland Phenomenon
This documentary gives you an intimate look inside one of the world's most admired education systems - the Finnish education system. It uncovers and explains the factors of Finland's success through insights from within the classrooms, and interviews with students, teachers, parents, and policymakers.
Courses and Learning 🧑💻
Self-Paced Course » Foundations of Teaching for Learning: Introduction to Student Assessment
By Commonwealth Education Trust (via Coursera)
Books 📚
Using Self-Assessment to Improve Student Learning
By Lois Ruth Harris, Gavin T.L. Brown
Community Connect 💭
How do you meaningfully involve students in co-creating their assessment criteria, and what impact have you observed when learners actively participate in defining what success looks like for them?
Share your ideas on our community post.
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K-12 Teaching Opportunities
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