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Today’s live data

For those at today’s GLS session, here are the two streams of data:

  1. Photo stream of the “GLS” pictures tag
  2. Live map of the “GLS” pictures tag

…More to come!

changing our brand to ‘Assessment Democratized’

Today we relaunched this website under a new name: Assessment Democratized.  Previously we were ECDemocratized.com.  This shift allows us to address issues of assessment more broadly than just the Evidence-Centered Design framework (ECD), and will also support our dual work in formal schools with learning goals, and in the nonprofit sector with social change goals.

Presenting at GLS (Madison/June 13-15)

We’re thrilled to be gathering a full presentation of design research — plus expert respondents from the worlds of assessment.  As a preview, here is our abstract:

ECDemocratized: A Democratization of Educational Assessment

Abstract: How might assessment be democratized and made more meaningful, especially for students? Too often, assessment is separated from the pleasures of learning, like a painful test after the game, or worse, a boring class. We introduce a design experiment with iPad graphics and user narratives called ECDemocratized. It blends the statistical rigor of Evidence-Centered Design, with a power shift to give students new agency over their assessment. It is designed for extended activities, like Rube-Goldberg engineering labs. While ECDemocratized is not a game, it will draw on lessons from games about mediating feedback and gathering data as part of player engagement. Panel respondents will challenge and critique ECDemocratized from two vantages: one is a senior literacy theorist in education, and the other is a psychometrician who has expertise in ECD-based assessments. Can assessment design be truly engaging, and even be a learning opportunity?  Let’s find out.

The Start

[Note that this was reposted from our original site http://ECDemocratized.com]

How might assessment be democratized and made more meaningful, especially for students? Too often, assessment is separated from the pleasures of learning, like a painful test after the game, or worse, a boring class. We introduce a design experiment with iPad graphics and user narratives called ECDemocratized. It blends the statistical rigor of Evidence-Centered Design, with a power shift to give students new agency over their assessment.

…more details coming soon!