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Vocabulary Frames
Framing words around their functions in a sentence to better support language acquisition along with content mastery
Virtual Oral Assessment
Virtual oral assessments provide a way for students to demonstrate what they know and for teachers to accurately gauge a student’s mastery level.
Communicating with Hand Signals
Remote students can use hand signals to communicate their level of content mastery and to communicate their needs
Activity: Build a Shared Commitment to Change
When designing change, teams should start with a clear definition of and commitment to why change is necessary.
Cedar Rapids: Connecting Empathy Interviews and Standards-Based Learning
When designing change in a district, it is essential that leaders hear directly from students, families, teachers, and classified staff (i.e., those most impacted by teaching and learning); this is often done via empathy interviews. As they reviewed...
Virtual Manipulatives
Students can show mastery of mathematical concepts by using virtual manipulatives to visually solve a problem.
MPUSD Sample Communication to Parents About Standards-Based Grading Pilot
This webpage offers parents at MPUSD’s Seaside Middle School information on new mastery grading policies.
P-CCS' Approach to Student-Centered Virtual Learning
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools' Virtual Academy designed and piloted a program that would help middle-school students intentionally work toward mastery.
What Is Competency-Based Education? An Updated Definition
This report updates the field's 2011 working definition of competency-based education, which helped to build the field and create common understandings of key elements in competency-based systems among stakeholders. Competency-based education is...
