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iCivics’ Drafting Board Module Boosts Students’ Writing Skills

CIRCLE, the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement at Tufts University, designed and conducted a randomized experimental evaluation of Drafting Board.
New Designs for School

School Design Blueprint: ASCEND

The School Design Blueprint is a design document that outlines the school’s plan for transforming its current school model to one that better serves the unique needs of every student. The blueprint is structured to answer four main design questions:

  1. What is our theory of action for solving our greatest systemic challenges?
  2. What will the future student experience look like when we succeed?
  3. What will we implement next year that gets us closer to our long-term vision?
  4. How will we continuously roll out new features of our model and engage stakeholders in the work over time?
Why Schools Need to Change

Nā Hopena A‘o Statements HĀ: BREATH

Nā Hopena A‘o or HĀ are six outcomes to be strengthened in every student over the course of their K-12 learning journey. The outcomes include a sense of Belonging, Responsibility, Excellence, Aloha, Total Wellbeing and Hawai‘i. When taken together, these outcomes become the core BREATH that can be drawn on for strength and stability through out school and beyond.
Reimagining Assessment

Summit Public Schools: Measuring What We Value Through Multiple Forms of Assessment

This network of charter schools and district partners uses multiple short-term and long-term measures to assess student outcomes.
Reimagining Assessment

Two Rivers Public Charter School: Developing Short Performance Tasks That Measure the Transferability of Deeper Learning Skills

This project-based learning network in Washington, DC is working to better measure the transferability of deeper learning outcomes.
Reimagining Assessment

Fullerton School District: Measuring Student Engagement Through Student Surveys, Game Data, and a Controlled Experiment

This school district in California is piloting a personalized online quest and measuring increases in student engagement.
Reimagining Assessment

Cornerstone Charter Schools: Measuring Implementation is the First Step

This network in Detroit, Michigan, is developing implementation measures of personalized learning as a leading indicator of academic achievement.
Reimagining Assessment

Shue-Medill Middle School: Using the Tools of Improvement Science to Measure Student Agency and Motivation

This middle school in Newark, DE is using tools from the field of Improvement Science to measure increases in student motivation.
Reimagining Assessment

LEAP Innovations: Measuring Personalized Learning

This network of district, charter, and Archdiocese schools is measuring the impact of personalized learning on student achievement using student and teacher survey data, classroom observations, and student achievement measures
Reimagining Assessment

National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector: Assessing Learning through Observation

This national support organization for public Montessori schools is developing a classroom observation rubric to measure students’ executive functioning and social emotional skills.