Envision Education
For The Deeper Learning Student Assessment System
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/20/2011
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Term9 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
This proposed grant is to launch the Deeper Learning Student Assessment Initiative, which establishes a new model of achievement and accountability for students and teachers. It seeks to make broadly available a set of online performance assessments known as the Deeper Learning Student Assessment System. The system, aligned with the Common Core State Standards, uses performance assessments as a means to increase student achievement on deeper learning measures. It is a formative assessment, designed to modify teaching and learning to focus on the knowledge and skills that help students develop a complex understanding of an academic discipline.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.envisionschools.org
Address
111 Myrtle Street, Suite 203, Oakland, CA, 94607, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for a deeper learning community of practice focused on assessment
This proposed grant would foster a community of practice among the eight school operators in our proof points network. It aims to develop a collective sense of purpose, vision, and shared projects among the network members and to continuously improve instructional practices and student results within their schools. Activities will include network-wide forums, study tours designed to share exemplary practices and create collective accountability, and documentation of lessons learned to help promote deeper learning practices outside the proof points network.
for the videoconferencing project
This videoconference grant to Envision Schools will facilitate collaboration among the organizations in the deeper learning proof points network.
