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Elementary School Mastery-Based Grading Policy
Mt. Vernon Elementary School’s mastery-based grading policy, which outlines its grading weights, how to translate mastery into letter grades, gradebook expectations, and an example report card.
4th Grade Math Mastery-Based Assessments
A folder containing a variety of Common Core-aligned, mastery-based math assessments for 4th grade.
Math Personalized Learning Plan
Liberty Public School students in learning cafe classrooms use personalized plans to self-direct and pace their learning of math skills. Plans are organized against a continuum of math competency areas, and students work through a personalized plan...
ELA and Math Common Core Standards Mastery Trackers
Student-facing Common Core-aligned ELA and math mastery trackers.
Math Pathways
Liberty Public School students in learning cafe classrooms work along pathways based on their mastery level. This artifact includes an example of a pre-assessment students take. Teachers use the data from these pre-assessments to provide students...
Third and Fourth Grade Mastery-Based Grading
At Mt. Vernon Elementary School, mastery-based grading was implemented to support and encourage students to easily determine their own mastery guided by teacher feedback.
Building a Direct Channel Between Teachers, Coaches, and Academic Leadership
Liberty Public Schools district leadership established communication channels with school-based practitioners. This allowed teachers and instructional coaches to share insights into day-to-day challenges with district leadership. This also provided...
Sample Master Schedule with Embedded “Walking Time”
Sample schedules for Kindergarten - 8th grade that include walking time for ELA and math.
District Leadership Gets Feedback Directly from School-Based Practitioners
Dr. Jeanette Westfall, Assistant Superintendent- Instructional Design, Liberty Public Schools, explains how she established a two-way channel between herself at the district leadership level and with coaches and teachers at the school level so that...
Graduate Profile as Tool for Accelerating Personalized Learning Opportunities
Liberty Public Schools grounds instructional decision making in developing graduate competencies in five areas. Leaders used this profile to advance deeper learning models as well as to create virtual, personalized learning opportunities.
"Walking Time" to Support Standards Mastery
To help students recover unfinished learning time, teachers spend twenty-minute blocks teaching a specific standard to support student mastery.