On a recent Wednesday morning, 11th-grader Sophia Wellington took to the undersized stage at the front of her high school gym and, with seamless poise, demonstrated what a smarter method of assessing students could look like. She began by introducing herself to a group of education reporters visiting her school—Impact Academy of Arts and Technology in Hayward, California—last month as part of a recent seminar on assessments. Wellington is 15, has a desire to travel, and is “into bands.” She wants to go to a good University of California system school, preferably Los Angeles or Berkeley. Then Wellington showed, without …read more
Source: The Atlantic
