PreK—K , 1—2 , 3—5 , 6—8. A learning center is typically a designated area within the classroom that provides students with exciting and interesting experiences to practice, enrich, reteach, and enhance their learning. These types of centers are filled with manipulatives, art materials, books, and other instructional tools. Students visit the centers to complete an assignment or learn through different activities. In well-designed learning centers, students participate in activities that help them see curriculum subjects in real-time, hands-on ways.

Self-Determination Assessments



Adult Basic Education (ABE) | Somerville Public Schools
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A New Approach to Learning Centers
SCALE designs curriculum-embedded performance-based assessments to be used by teachers and students in K schools. SCALE contracts with schools, districts, and states to develop assessment instruments in consultation with key stakeholders and users; establishes and oversees scoring procedures; provides professional development to support teachers and administrators engaged in the work; and conducts research to support the validity and reliability of the assessment system. One of the core principles guiding our assessment work is that a performance assessment system should be designed to be educative for students, teachers, and schools. The assessment development and implementation cycle incorporates evaluation and reflection as a key component of the system with the goal of improving system components to support teaching and learning.




The Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity SCALE , formerly associated with the School Redesign Network at Stanford University, provides technical consulting and support to schools and districts that have committed to adopting performance-based assessment as part of a multiple-measures system for evaluating student learning and measuring school performance. SCALE's mission is to improve instruction and learning through the design and development of innovative, educative, state-of-the-art performance assessments and by building the capacity of schools to use these assessments in thoughtful ways, to promote student, teacher, and organizational learning. Raymond Pecheone, who has over 30 years of expertise and experience with performance assessment. Members of the SCALE team led the development, field testing, and validation of the Performance Assessment for California Teachers PACT , adopted by over 31 universities and other teacher credential programs to meet California licensing and accreditation requirements, and continue to administer the assessment. SCALE has a staff with deep experience and internal capacity to provide technical consulting in performance assessment design and implementation, and also relies on partnerships with external consultants who provide content-specific expertise in the design and implementation of performance assessments, including the Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative David Foster , Inquiry by Design John McMillan, Dennie Wolfe , and Daisy Martin Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.