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Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board

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You know that old interview question: What would change in education if you had a magic wand? For Scott Looney, there’d be no hesitating: He would have every school switch from traditional grading to competency-based evaluations. Throughout the year, Two Rivers holds four student-led, parent-teacher conferences.

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How State Reform in New Hampshire Led to Teacher Autonomy

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The state of New Hampshire has been gradually shifting toward competency-based education (CBE) for two decades. Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system.