Howard Gardner's Project Spectrum Analysis

However, even after more than 25 years after the inception of MI theory by Howard Gardner, and the huge amount of attention the theory has received from educators and schools from around the world, current tests conducted at schools still heavily rely on linguistic and logical-mathematical skills (Davis, Christodoulou, Seider, Gardner, 2011). For that reason Gardner has suggested multiple ways of evaluating performance and in addition to that ecologically valid testing environments and tasks. (Davis, Christodoulou, Seider, Gardner, 2011). As one way to realize this aim, Project Spectrum, a large initiative for preschool and early primary education children has been founded. Project Spectrum is a collaborative research and development project offering an alternative approach to assessment and curriculum development for preschool and early primary education in the US.