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Colleges Want Students with Character, But Can’t Measure It

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2014

Interviews and analysis of how colleges no longer feel standardized tests are valid measures of academic progress, and are looking for ways to measure soft skills.

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Trevor teaches high school English, designs professional learning experiences for teachers, and researches the intersection of disciplinary literacies and multimodality. He is a co-author of Learning That Transfers: Designing Curriculum for a Changing World and a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.
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This resource provides a way to validate self-assessment and incorporate gradeless learning into even the most traditional classroom.

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This Google Document collection of templates can be catered to one’s class to mitigate standardized assessment and provide multiple outlets for students to demonstrate competency in traditional school subjects.

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