We want education to play a pivotal role in shaping young minds and preparing them for the dynamic challenges of the real world. To truly equip students for success, it is necessary that educational assessments extend beyond the confines of textbooks and curriculum. Introducing some level of unpredictability and randomness in the evaluation process may help.
In their life journeys, individuals face unfamiliar situations and unforeseen obstacles. These real-life scenarios demand adaptability, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking—qualities not solely cultivated through rote learning. Educational evaluations should mirror these experiences as far as possible, enabling students to tackle such challenges.
Randomisation in assessments encourages students to think on their feet, adapt to diverse contexts, and develop the ability to navigate ambiguity. This approach instils resilience and creativity, and prepares them to face the unknown. These are essential attributes for success in a world where change is constant. To foster resourceful individuals, educational assessments must venture into the 'wild,' metaphorically speaking, to nurture these critical life skills alongside academic knowledge.
Measureme®, our self-assessment + self-improvement + randomised social audit platform for foundational skills and knowledge, brings randomness into educational assessments. Although it doesn’t literally take students “into the wild” for assessments, Measureme exposes children to new ideas, novel scenarios, and practical mathematical problems.
While these curriculum-agnostic assessments act as a real test of children’s learning outcomes, they achieve much more as part of a social audit. This is because an analysis of the data will show how various school types, curricula, and parenting methods differ in their ability to prepare children for the life ahead. As Measureme has its own unique ways to ensure these data are reliable, this will bring transparency and accountability to education.
We believe that apart from being a true aide to a teacher or a parent, what anybody or anything can do most in education is to work towards this goal: to bring transparency and accountability in education, fostering continuous improvement among students, teachers, and institutions. And this is exactly what Measureme promises.
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