Assessment for Learning Project: Student Voices
Education conferences are often missing one very important element: student voice. We were hired by the Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) — an initiative working with schools, districts, and educational organizations across the country to reimagine assessment — to change just that.
Audio Storytelling
Over the course of several months, we partnered with ALP's leadership team and their grantees to create a beautifully curated exhibit showcasing students talking about their learning. ALP grantees interviewed students and provided photos and our team at Gather&Create took it from there. Our team edited the audio, creating sound vignettes that told the story of reimagining assessment from the student perspective.
"This work is a prime example of masterful storytelling. But the work also demonstrates a masterful act of collaboration, taking the raw material gathered from 17 different sites and working with our team and your own team of skilled technicians to build something so powerful."
— Sarah Collins Lench, Director of ALP
Exhibit Design
The installation was the centerpiece of a convening in New Mexico for ALP community members, grantees, and other stakeholders in the education space. We created the look and feel for every element of the exhibit, which included the branding and design, the photography, an array of powerful quotes to add texture to the story of why assessment needs to shift, and the staging. Our printer carefully selected materials to make the exhibit have the feel like you were walking into a museum.
Student Voices
Here’s a selection of student voices from the exhibit. Public education will only transform when we raise up the young people in the system and when they tell us how the experience is — we listen.
“Gather&Create helped us take Voices of ALP from the kernel of an idea to a beautiful multimedia exhibition that fundamentally transformed the experience of our annual convening. We hired Gather&Create because there was no model for us to follow for the exhibition we wanted, and we needed a team who was up for the challenge and would be a true partner. Their team has a unique combination of creative vision, attention to detail, technical skill, and passion for storytelling. They helped us translate a very complex, jargon-filled initiative into human stories that inspired and moved people to action. Gather&Create is a joy to work with, and the final product surpassed even our highest expectations.”
— Tony Siddall, Program Officer, ALP