Analysis of Implementation of Independent Curriculum: Diagnostic Assessment and Differentiated Learning in Elementary Schools

Abstract

Implementing an independent curriculum in educational units is one of the solutions to learning recovery. Some schools have implemented an independent curriculum in the 2022/2023 academic year. One way of implementing student-centered learning is to apply different learning, so in this independent curriculum by applying differential learning. This differential learning is one of the efforts in taking into account the learning needs of the students in terms of learning readiness, student learning profile, interests, and talents of the learners. This research aims to decrypt the implementation of independent curricula through diagnostic assessments and differential learning. The research methods used in this research are qualitative methods, with interviews. Subjects in this study are 1st and 4th-grade teachers at Suryodiningratan Elementary School who have implemented the Merdeka curriculum. The result of this study is the implementation that has been done in the school has been implemented with maximum, teachers performing assessment analysis diagnostic at the beginning of learning to map the learning needs of the pupils. In this case, the diagnostic assessment is performed in two stages, where cognitive diagnostic assessments measure students' cognitive and non-cognitive diagnostics assessments for measuring students' interests and needs. This early identification is used by teachers as a benchmark in mapping the implementation of differential learning. The differential learning done by the teacher is tailored to the needs, interests, and learning styles of the student. Keywords: independent curriculum, diagnostic assessment, differential learning