We speak with Adam Grumbach, social studies program coordinator of the New York Performance Standards Consortium, and Naseem Haamid, a law student who attended Fannie Lou Hamer High School. We discuss inquiry based learning, Performance Based Assessment Tests, Habits of Mind, and self-directed, interdisciplinary portfolios, as alternatives to standardized-test driven curricula.
Overview
00:00-00:54 Intros
00:54-02:04 NYS Performance Standards Consortium
02:04-03:54 Potential effect on Consortium of elimination of Regents exams as graduation requirement
03:54-05:09 Inquiry- and literacy-based education
05:09-06:27 Creation of curricula
06:27-07:39 Students’ input into what they focus on
07:39-10:54 Naseem’s transition from a test-oriented school to Fannie Lou Hamer HS (FLH HS)
10:54-10:39 The most valuable things about FLH HS for Naseem
10:39-14:31 Transition from FLH HS to more traditional college and law school classes
14:31-17:21 Performance based assessment tests (PBATs) and other assessments
17:21-19:26 Rubrics
19:26-20:09 Grading of PBATs
20:09-24:45 Portfolios
24:45-28:25 College and career planning
28:25-32:56 Selecting and supporting teachers
32:56-35:35 Lessons for teachers elsewhere from the Consortium
35:35:36:31 “This is what education should be like”
36:31-38:15 Distinctive way Consortium approaches introduction to post-secondary careers
38:15- Outro
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