Project based assessment and 21st century skills seem to go hand-in-hand. Allowing students to collaborate, think critically, and be creative can yield some exciting results. And in so many ways, the measure of learning from a project based assessment goes far beyond that of a standardized assessment.
Lakewood High School ninth grade English/Language Arts students created projects that connected their understanding of Peter Jenkins' book A Walk Across America to thier understanding of the city in which they live. The video below shows the culmination of six weeks of walking and writing about their town They looked to Jenkins, Thoreau, Whitman and Frost for guidance, but in the end, found a voice of their own.
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