Sramana Mitra: Those are very different level questions. One question is about personalized learning. What you’re saying is that different types of personalization are necessary in this process. You’re saying that that is going to be a longer process just because the levels of personalization and the variations are a lot more complicated than just
Sramana Mitra: Explain to me what you organization looks like to be able to do something like this. This is not something you can do with technology. You’re going to have to analyze everything. Perhaps you can analyze and pinpoint to some extent using technology, but somebody has to go through it manually and look
Sramana Mitra: I understand. One of my objectives in this interview is to find gaps in the ecosystem. Rob Waldron: That’s a gap, right? Sramana Mitra: Yes. Let’s switch gears and talk about the instruction. What has been the evolution? Where are we coming from? Obviously, we’re coming from textbooks and prints. Within that text
Sramana Mitra: In the old model, there was an annual testing procedure. There was a lot of lag and delay as you’re pointing out. With the introduction of technology, is there ongoing testing? Is the annual state-level testing all online? Rob Waldron: In a few places, it’s online. Mostly still, it is in print. Schools
Sramana Mitra: From everything that I have read about Khan Academy, they are also doing a lot of test analysis and skill gap analysis. What is your analysis of their work? Rob Waldron: I don’t analyze their work. I see it out there and my kids use it sometimes. It’s been a remarkable asset for
Rob and I discuss the evolution of personalized learning, skill gap analysis, curriculum design, and much more in this excellent interview. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Curriculum Associates. Rob Waldron: I’m the CEO of Curriculum Associates. We’re a K-12 ed tech company. We’ve actually been in