The Humanities and Liberal Arts Assessment (HULA) project (a research and consulting group led by Danielle Allen and based out of Harvard’s Project Zero) has developed new research methodologies for ...

Agency by Design’s flexible framework for maker-centered learning, developed by the Origin Project team, has been applied across a variety of formal and informal settings to great effect. Nonetheless, ...

Generously funded through the Abundance Foundation, the Agency by Design project began at Project Zero in 2012. The initial research was guided by three questions: How do maker educators and leaders ...

Working in partnership with teachers and administrators from the Washington International School, the Agency by Design: Making Across the Curriculum project is exploring the ways in which ...

Before diving into the suggested practices for looking at student work, it is important to consider the broader practice of documentation. Documentation of student learning in a maker-centered ...

Documentation and assessment are integral parts of the learning that happens in the maker-centered classroom. Documentation and assessment tools and practices are an essential part of the teaching and ...

What is an Inquiry Cycle? The Inquiry Cycle offers a structure for educators to design, document, and reflect on maker-centered learning in their practice. While there is a rhythm to the cycle that is ...

A key goal of maker-centered learning is to help young people and adults feel empowered to build and shape their worlds. Acquiring this sense of maker empowerment is strongly supported by learning to ...

In collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Education, Project Zero worked to help individual schools adopt portfolio assessment as part of a statewide school reform effort. The three-year ...