Student-Centered Assessment Resources
What is student-centered assessment? What is it not? How is it implemented in the classroom, and when implemented, what is the impact? These print and video resources illustrate the practical application of the research outlined in Assessing Learning. They focus on four student-centered assessment practices: self-assessment, peer assessment, exhibitions, and process portfolios. Student-Centered Assessment Guides These… Read More ›
Curricular Opportunities in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning Edition
Students at the Center paper Curricular Opportunities in the Digital Age explores how new digital technologies can be used to design curricula that are flexible enough to adapt readily to individual differences. Authors David Rose and Jenna Gravel propose that universal design for learning—as the confluence of advances in the neuroscience of human variability and in… Read More ›
Teaching High-Level Mathematics to English Language Learners in the Middle Grades
Students at the Center paper Latino/a and Black Students and Mathematics (Gutiérrez and Irving) asks readers to rethink the problem of mathematical achievement for all students, and for Latino/a and black students in particular. Teaching High-Level Mathematics to English Language Learners, a two-day professional development curriculum, reflects the principles espoused in this paper while extending the… Read More ›
Motivation, Engagement, and Student Voice Toolkit
This professional development series is designed to accompany and help put into practice the ideas in Toshalis and Nakkula’s Motivation, Engagement and Student Voice and “Prioritizing Motivation and Engagement” in Anytime, Anywhere: Student-Centered Learning for Schools and Teachers. For many teachers the issues discussed in those pieces are at the heart of the student experience they are trying to… Read More ›
Student-Centered Assessment Guide: Peer Assessment
Developed by the Students at the Center Team to illustrate the practical application of the research described in their Assessing Learning paper, this guide summarizes peer assessment as a student-centered assessment practice. The guide provides a clear definition and steps for implementing peer assessment effectively in the classroom. It looks specifically at the use of… Read More ›
Student-Centered Assessment Guide: Exhibitions
Developed by the Students at the Center Team to illustrate the practical application of the research described in their Assessing Learning paper, this guide summarizes exhibitions as a student-centered assessment practice. The guide provides a clear definition, outlines components of effective exhibitions, and details the supportive conditions needed to implement them. It also provides links… Read More ›
Aligning Competencies to Rigorous Standards for Off-track Youth: A Case Study of Boston Day and Evening Academy
For over 17 years, Boston Day and Evening Academy has served a population of young people often left behind: those who are off track to high school graduation or who have dropped out altogether. Through its competency-based approach, BDEA has tackled one of the toughest education conundrums of our time: how to recover low-skilled students two… Read More ›
UDL Studio by CAST
Create dynamic, Universal Design for Learning supported learning environments with the UDL Studio, developed by the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). Visit the Resource
Youth Speaks
Committed to a critical, youth-centered pedagogy, Youth Speaks places young people in control of their intellectual and artistic development. Youth Speaks is urgently driven by the belief that literacy is a need, not a want, and that literacy comes in various forms. Visit the Resource →