We recently read an article by NGLC’s dynamite Knowledge Officer, Kristen Vogt. The piece shares an observation that many of us have seen in the field: graduate profiles are often discussed as something meant for high school students, with little clear connection to elementary and middle schools. Kristen shares examples of schools across the country […]
Category: Resources
Partner Profile: ConnectED
ConnectED has worked to change public education and improve student outcomes for over 15 years. The organization was founded with the belief that every student deserves a great education – especially those furthest from opportunity. ConnectED works with school districts, colleges, and employers to create learning opportunities for students that help prepare them for success […]
Partner Profile: A Partnership of Reimagining College Access
Designing a Common “Record of College Readiness Evidence” for Integrating Performance Assessment Evidence into College Applications: A Partnership of Reimagining College Access and Envision Learning Partners The Reimagining College Access initiative is a national effort, led by the Learning Policy Institute and EducationCounsel, to advance the use of high-quality performance assessments completed by secondary students […]
Resource Corner: Performance Assessment in College Admission: Designing an Effective and Equitable Process
The Reimagining College Access initiative recently released a guidance document, authored by Aneesha Badrinarayan, aimed at colleges interested in integrating performance assessments into their college admission systems: Performance Assessment in College Admission: Designing an Effective and Equitable Process. Although the tool is designed for admission officers, it can also be used by K–12 educators to gain […]
Resource Corner: Bellwether Education Partners, a Pragmatic Playbook for Impact
Envision Education has long been proud that we not only serve students directly through our Bay Area schools but also commit to serving public school students everywhere through our consulting division, Envision Learning Partners. Our understanding of our past and potential future is even clearer now, thanks to A Pragmatic Playbook for Impact: Direct, Widespread, […]
Resource Corner: Modernizing Mathematics
This resource comes from the 2022 Deeper Learning Conference and is a conversation about modernizing mathematics: perspectives from the classroom and beyond. This panel discussion explores the topic of mathematics teaching and learning in the current age and for the future. ELP Director of STEM Learning, Vinci Daro, is one of the four amazing panelists.
Resource Corner: Growing Student Language in Math Class
This resource was developed for math teachers looking for a pathway into developing Student language (disciplinary language, English language, and academic language). It serves as an invitation to be intentionally experimental with three processes that students experience often in school, but not as often in math class: students revising their work and their thinking; students interpreting […]
Resource Corner: Lesson Observation Tools
These three observation tools are intended to support ‘minimal-prep’ lesson observation in classrooms where student ideas, language, and interaction are at the center of the learning process. They were specifically designed for mathematics classrooms, but may also be useful in other contexts. The two Lesson Observation Tools are meant as note catchers and as a […]
Resource Corner: 2021 Assessment for Learning Conference Reflection, Resources & Recordings
Whew! The Assessment for Learning Conference, AFL 2021, just wrapped- and yet it feels like a new beginning. Given the ‘needs of now,’ this conference experience stretched from a January launch and call to action- to a May culminating event and provoking of the system. Along the way, we tested new ways to collide ideas, […]
Resource Corner: Measures of SEL
Can we develop valid, instructionally useful, educative, and equitable ways to measure social-emotional learning? ELP’s Director of Research and Innovation, Ruth Chung Wei, had the opportunity to direct a research study with a team at the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, & Equity (SCALE) and ELP called “Measures of Social-Emotional Learning.” The Executive Summary of […]
