Within the last decade, our education system has been increasingly focused on assessment.  With standardized testing becoming the norm, it’s important to question whether these forms of assessment are good ways to measure a student’s ability, and how these tests help students learn and grow. 

Educators across the country are focusing on skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, and communication as a way to improve an outdated system that has prioritized rote memorization over deeper learning. Unfortunately, standardized tests seldom measure these important skills.  

The K12 lab has developed an unconventional model to radically rethink ways of assessing hard-to-measure skills, such as collaboration and communication.  By harnessing the international craze of escape rooms, and the educational imperative of deepening student learning, our team has engaged educators around the country with a mobile escape room we designed and prototyped called the Deeper Learning Puzzle Bus! After taking the bus on the road to multiple conferences and schools and serving over 500 educators, we want to share everything we’ve learned with you!  Check out the links on the right to learn more.

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