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AssessmentAPPLE Project (Assessing Projects and Portfolios for LEarning) was a research and development effort focused on studying effective ways of assessing student performances; fair documentation and assessment of children's work on series projects; and determining how best to implement portfolio assessment in schools. Assessing Historical Understanding Project is a collaboration between Project Zero and Facing History and Ourselves to develop tools, criteria, and frameworks for deep understanding of the rise of Nazi Germany and other periods in history. The Evidence Project was a three-year effort, working in a small number of Massachusetts schools serving youth from low-income communities, to develop effective methods of assessing instructional practices in K-8 classrooms. Currently project staff are writing a book with colleagues from the Academy for Educational Development and Coalition of Essential Schools on this work. Project Spectrum, based on the belief that every child exhibits a distinctive spectrum of abilities, offered an alternative approach to assessment and curriculum development during preschool and early primary years. Project Zero/Massachusetts Schools Network was a three-year collaboration between Project Zero, the Massachusetts Department of Education, and eleven Massachusetts elementary schools which brought together practitioners, policy makers, and researchers for the purpose of exploring how portfolios can be implemented to provide effective assessment of students and programs. ROUNDS at Project Zero provides opportunities for educators to regularly gather together to share their work and discuss professional issues. Rubrics and Self-Assessment Project was aimed at improving writing skills of middle school students by engaging them in regular self-assessment using scoring rubrics. Use the following links to see selected projects in many of Project Zero's research areas: Learning in Out-of-School Settings Projects Multiple Intelligences Projects |
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