We are committed to creating a future of assessment that more accurately captures the magic of learning––namely the spark of discovery that happens when educators and learners forge engaging connections, together.
The Story
It’s 2034. Formative assessment is an anchor for educational transformation. School quality systems are driven by measurements and outputs that describe learner growth rather than system norms. Traditional notions of student comparability and ranking have become outdated and provide little useful data.
Learning is holistic, with the goal being to develop a fulfilling lifelong practice of learning. Educational systems and structures are designed to support this goal.
Continual and deep disruptions that result in multi-sector crises, as well as from the reconfiguration of work, triggered a nationwide rallying cry for local communities to play a more effective role in addressing the growing realities of living from crisis to crisis. In response, community-based organizations, educational institutions, industry, and local governments start working together more effectively. In education, this shift has translated into broad agreement about the need to center learner agency as a key outcome.
Specifically, education now focuses on helping young people understand how their unique talents can result in a career that is tailor-made for them, but also gives back to the community in meaningful ways. Thus, learning regularly extends beyond “the school ways” and becomes a more specialized approach that supports a student’s ability to take ownership of self-discovery and their future.
Because of that focus, education is highly student-centered, community-based and impact-oriented. In response, schools have become reconfigured and span a variety of organizational structures and settings in the community, in virtual space and in hybrid configurations.
Education in This World
Key Features