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Student Self-Reporting Progress
Students are responsible for updating their mastery scores in their learning agendas, which increases ownership, improves update speed, and relieves the teacher of that task.
Mastery Videos
Mastery is assessed in three ways, one of which is a demonstration recorded on an iPad.
Pacing Prompts
Given students move at their own pace, teachers provide prompts to keep them moving and on track.
Creation and Use of Micro-Standards
Roots has broken down grade-level standards to more discrete micro-standards.
Class Competitions
To keep students on pace, teachers create a class competition that runs daily and by “unit.”
Direct Instruction for Academic Content and Non-Cognitive Skills
Teachers use whole-group instruction to address skills needed for all students.
Daily and Weekly Goal-Setting
Students start their week by determining how many and which learning goals they would like to pursue.
Data Dashboard for Progress Monitoring
Teachers use a dashboard to monitor goal-setting and progress.
Pre-Unit Diagnostics
Students take a diagnostic at the beginning of each unit to get a sense of which learning objectives they already know and which they need to work on.