Taking Stock of Personalized Learning is part of a series of special reports by Education Week that identifies high-priority topics in the K-12 world and examines them in significant depth. This report tackles the issue of personalized learning, one of the hottest topics in education, and a concept that raises all kinds of questions and concerns about how students should learn in the digital age. This report examines attempts to clarify the definition of personalized learning, looks at where this educational movement is heading, and provides evaluations of how personalized learning efforts are currently playing out in schools.
FEATURED ARTICLES IN THIS SPECIAL REPORT:
What Is ‘Personalized Learning’? Educators Seek Clarity
Education technology advocates, philanthropies, and others are trying to create a clearer definition of what qualifies as “personalized learning,” one of the most popular terms in education today.
Personalized Learning: A Working Definition
A group of philanthropies and school and technology advocacy groups, with contributions from educators, compiled a four-part “working definition” of the attributes of personalized learning.
Push for ‘Learner Profiles’ Stymied by Barriers
The goal is to generate comprehensive digital portraits of each student’s strengths, weaknesses, and preferences to provide them with customized academic content.
Personalized Learning Pits Data Innovators Against Privacy Advocates
One of the biggest tensions emerging around the growth of personalized learning centers on questions about how to use and protect sensitive student information.
District’s Ambitious Personalized Learning Effort Shows Progress
A South Carolina school district hopes to replicate the initial success at a middle school, where test scores, student engagement, and teacher attendance have improved.
Adaptive Testing Shaping Instruction
In some districts, the uses of adaptive testing extend beyond assessment, as teachers use test results to modify lessons and stage interventions for students of different abilities.
Educators Evaluate Array of Formative Testing Products
Many schools’ personalized learning efforts hinge on the use of formative assessment tools, including embedded online curriculum, adaptive-learning platforms, and stand-alone tests.
Read even more about personalized learning from a teacher’s perspective in the June reporting series, “Getting Personal: Teachers, Technology, and Tailored Instruction.”
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