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Progress and Proficiency: Redesigning Grading for Competency Education
The purpose of this report is to explore how to redesign grading systems to best help students gain the skills necessary to be successful. This report explains the weaknesses of traditional grading systems, and how to redesign grading along the 6...
Three Levels of Proficiency at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena's founder discusses the rationale for having three different levels of proficiency. A student and teacher also discuss proficiency levels.
Measuring Three Levels of Mastery
Students can pursue proficiency at three different levels, based on their prior knowledge and academic strengths and weaknesses.
Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Education: Strategies and Tools for Professional Learning
This report describes Vermont’s convenings to support schools, districts, and other education organizations seeking to create high-quality local comprehensive systems of assessments. It can serve as a resource for schools, districts, and states that...
New England Board of Education Policy Spotlight: How Selective Colleges and Universities Evaluate Proficiency-Based High School Transcripts: Insights for Students and Schools
New England Board of Education position paper on mastery-based transcripts and college admissions that confirms there is no cause for concern for students with non-traditional transcripts as long as schools provide some basic information and context...
Selecting Small Groups by Learning Level
Teachers at Locust Grove provide small group instruction to students with similar learning needs. These groups can shift as often as daily, based on student progress.
Complete Sentences
Students build language proficiency within academic conversations through responding to teachers using complete sentences whenever they speak.
Exhibition Nights
Learners deliver public presentations to develop real-world skills while concurrently showing proficiency and mastery in certain academic learning objectives.
Creating a Culture of Revision
Using data, feedback, and milestones to build out specific revisions around skills students wants to gain proficiency in.