Can you identify a moment in your life that you have experienced what you would describe as “revelation”? Where/how did you feel that revelation in your body? Now, imagine how many people come up with a moment related to assessment when we ask this question…. Assessment in American education has long been a tool of tracking and sorting young people, weaponized by systems and individuals in order to uphold existing power structures and dominant culture norms. Revelatory Assessment is a framework designed to fundamentally rethink the purpose and lived experience of assessment. Experience moments of your own revelation, as we let wonder and discovery guide our learning together. Through exploration of the characteristics of Revelatory Assessment, participants will be invited to both shift the design of a current assessment as well as to consider the adult mindset shifts needed in order to move more toward revelation.
