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Measuring Human Return

Understand and Assess What Really Matters for Deeper Learning

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By: Joanne McEachen, Matthew Kane

Discover what really matters for students and learn how to bring it to life. Follow this comprehensive guide to measuring self-understanding, knowledge, competencies, and connection.

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781544330822
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2018
Page Count: 248
Publication date: October 09, 2018

Price: $39.95

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Measure what matters for deeper learning

Getting at the heart of what matters for students is key to deeper learning that connects with their lives, but what good is knowing what matters without also understanding how to bring it to life? What does it really take to know who students are, what they are truly learning, and why?

Measuring Human Return solves this dilemma with a comprehensive, systematic process for measuring deeper learning outcomes. Educators will learn to assess students’ self-understanding, knowledge, competencies, and connections through vignettes, case studies, learning experiences and tools. The book helps readers:

Develop key system capabilities to build the foundation for sustainable engagement, measurement, and change
Discover five comprehensive “frames” for measuring deeper learning
Engage in the process of collaborative inquiry
Commit to the central, active role of learners by engaging them as partners in every aspect of their learning

Discover how to take an authentic, formative, and inquiry-driven approach to measuring the outcomes that drive deeper learning.

The book really hits the mark. The best thing about it is the in-depth discussion of systems. It is with great pleasure that I read and re-read this book. It delivers a good combination of big vision with specific strategies and techniques.
Jeff Beaudry, Professor, Educational Leadership;
University of Southern Maine; Portland, ME

This is just what we need in our district. This engaging book will help Change Teams support their systems to effectively measure deeper learning. Readers will be drawn in by great examples from around the globe of educators putting students first. This energizing book calls us to take action for all of our students today and for our future.
Charisse Berner, Director of Teaching and Learning, Curriculum;
Bellingham Public Schools; Bellingham, WA

Key features

This book will support the following primary outcomes:

Development of System Capabilities. This book describes and provides the process for

developing five key system capabilities:

•! Understanding Your System

•! Engaging Learners, Families and Communities as Real Partners

•! Identifying and Measuring What’s Important

•! Leading for Deep and Sustainable Change

•! Creating a Culture of Learning, Belonging and High Expectations for All

Establishment of a Comprehensive System of Measurement. This book describes five

“frames” for measuring deep learning, which walk readers through the process of setting

up and sustaining a system of measurement in their schools and systems.

Engagement in the Process of Collaborative Inquiry. Collaborative inquiry describes the

continuous process of deep learning design, implementation, assessment and measurement

encasing all work with deep learning.

Commitment to the Central, Active Role of Learners. The overarching exploration of this

book is the importance of engaging learners (and parents and communities) as active

partners in every aspect of their learning. With deep learning, pedagogy is no longer solely

the concern of the teacher. Learning design, measurement, assessment and all other

elements of pedagogical practice extend now to students as well, whose roles and

responsibilities are consistent not only with learning, but with those once blanketed under

teaching as well.

Author(s)

Joanne McEachen

Joanne McEachen is founder and CEO of The Learner First (thelearnerfirst.com), an international education consultancy based in Seattle, Washington. She leads a team of dedicated education and evaluation specialists who support school systems through the processes of assessment, measurement, and whole-system change. Her methodology interrogates systems through the eyes of their least-served learners, supporting them to embrace and celebrate students’ cultural identities and individual interests and needs. Joanne also serves as the Global New Measures Director for New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (NPDL), an international partnership focused on measuring and developing six global competencies of deep learning (the “6Cs”), where she works alongside and in partnership with Michael Fullan, Joanne Quinn, and other educators and system leaders worldwide. With her NPDL cofounders, Joanne coauthored Deep Learning: Engage the World, Change the World, which shares and celebrates the learning emerging from throughout NPDL.

Joanne’s expertise spans every level of the educational system. She has been a teacher, principal, superintendent, and national-school-system leader in her home country of New Zealand and around the world, and she has worked with multiple large and diverse school districts in the US to bring deeper learning to life. Drawing from rich and varied experiences tackling the issues faced by schools, districts, education departments, and the individuals within them, Joanne shares measures, tools, approaches, and insights that deepen learning for every learner.

Matthew Kane

Matthew Kane is the Director of Research and Writing at The Learner First, where he focuses on the role and experiences of school systems in developing the learning outcomes that contribute to lifelong success, connect us with one another, and make a difference in our communities. He has partnered with diverse schools and school systems globally to develop deeper learning tools, language, and practices, and he works as a senior project manager with the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning (NPDL) global partnership. Matthew graduated from the University of Notre Dame and lives in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Depth of Humanity

Part I. Capable Systems of Change

1. FROM SURFACE TO DEEP

Deeper Learning in a Changing World

A Comprehensive Measurement Framework

The State of the System

Assumption-Shatterers

2. SYSTEM CAPABILITIES

Shifting Priorities

System Capability 1: Understanding Your System

System Capability 2: Engaging Learners, Parents, and Communities as Real Partners

System Capability 3: Identifying and Measuring What’s Important

System Capability 4: Leading for Deep and Sustainable Change

System Capability 5: Creating a Culture of Learning, Belonging, and High Expectations for All

3. THE CHANGE TEAM PROCESS

Collective Cognition for Collaborative Change

An Inquiry Approach

Final Reflections on Part I

Part II. Five Frames of Measurement

4. ENGAGING PARTNERS AROUND WHAT MATTERS

Engage, Empower, and Transform

Composing an Evaluative Snapshot

Identifying and Describing What Matters

Breaking Down Deeper Learning

5. DEVELOPING MEASURES OF DEEPER LEARNING

Authentic Measures and a System of Tools

Measuring Self-Understanding, Connection, and Competency

Capability and Practice Tools

Developing Measures in Individual Contexts

6. FINDING CLARITY IN DEPTH

Riding the Wave

Language Development

Establishing System Alignment

Final Reflections on Part II

Part III. Authentic Inquiry Practice

7. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND INQUIRY

Drilling Down Into Inquiry

Making Sense of Assessment Evidence

Engaging in Professional Inquiry

8. INQUIRING INTO OUTCOMES

Assessing and Measuring Student Outcomes

Designing Authentic Assessments

9. DEEPER LEARNING EXPERIENCES

Practice Applies

A Celebration of Learning and Practice

No Interrupting the Flow

10. COLLABORATIVE MODERATION

Measuring and Sharing Learning and Practice

Exemplars, Evidence, and Inter-Rater Reliability

Final Reflections on Part III

Conclusion: How Deep Are You?

Glossary

References

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Reviews

The book really hits the mark. The best thing about it is the in-depth discussion of systems. It is with great pleasure that I read and re-read this book. It delivers a good combination of big vision with specific strategies and techniques.

Jeff Beaudry, Professor, Educational Leadership; University of Southern Maine; Portland, ME
University of Southern Maine; Portland, ME

This is just what we need in our district. This engaging book will help change teams support their system to learn how to effectively measure deeper learning. Readers will be drawn in by great examples from around the globe of educators putting students first. It is an energizing read. This book calls us to take action for all of our students today and for our future.

Charisse Berner, Director of Teaching and Learning, Curriculum; Bellingham Public Schools; Bellingham, WA
Bellingham Public Schools; Bellingham, WA

The vast experience and knowledge of the authors in major international educational reform efforts is a major strength of this book. As is the focus on Deep Learning as both a framework for organizational change and for the education of humanity. One of the unique themes this book offers is its emphasis on making education “human” and focusing on “return” in order to improve society.

Karen L. Tichy, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership; Saint Louis University; St. Louis, MO
Saint Louis University; St. Louis, MO

Self-understanding and self-regulation are foundational skills to support autonomous learners and are fundamental for working in socially embedded environments in the real world or online. This comprehensive book provides insights, tools, and strategies for deeper, healthier, learning systems.

Mark Sparvell, Senior Manager; Microsoft
Mark Sparvell, Senior Manager; Microsoft

This book is a guide for all teachers, principals, and stakeholders in education who are aware that learning should be deep and contribute to humanity. It nails down what learning should be about with structured examples, exercises, and tools that, when applied, will lead to deeper learning for everyone.

Baukje Bemener, Research Consultant, NPDL New Measures Leader;
Turning Learning; Amsterdam, Netherlands

Measuring Human Return is a great summary of the work that is being done in our region with schools that have embraced Deeper Learning. When school systems have the support to embrace systemic change and teachers have the support to design deeper learning experiences for their students, everyone succeeds. Our classrooms need this support so that our students gain the necessary global competencies that will prepare them for the world today and tomorrow. This is the work we all need to embrace in our schools.

Pam Estvold, Assistant Superintendent, Teaching and Learning;
Northwest Educational Service District 189; Anacortes, WA

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