Redesign Assessment to Enrich Student Learning

MyWays helps educators rethink their approaches to assessment so that they actively support the kind of learning that can lead to genuine readiness for the challenges of 21st-century life.

Schools can assess for holistic learning through greater authenticity—enhancing and predicting student performance in the outside world—and by using multiple, varied measures, just as a driver’s license involves a written test, classroom instruction, student driving practice, road test, and more.

Assessments need to integrate learning and measurement, with a variety of strategies to better develop and gauge progress on the broader, deeper MyWays competencies.

A note of caution: Schools should use care when assessing for the full range of MyWays competencies. Students develop Habits of Success, for example, in varied ways that are often difficult to measure. These assessments are more useful, at this early stage in their development, for learning and not for accountability.

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What are the five categories of assessment strategy that would be reflected in a fully comprehensive school or district model?

Explore the Report

Read Assessment Design for Broader, Deeper Competencies to take a deeper look at assessment strategies in next gen schools.

Take the Next Step

Are you ready to do more with these ideas? Use the tools in the MyWays toolkit to map your assessment design to the MyWays Student Success Framework.