A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In simple terms, these are ungraded formative assessments that assess what students learned during the course of the lesson. A recent visit to Quest Academy Junior High School, where I began longitudinal work on personalized competency-based learning (PCBL), got me thinking more deeply about this strategy.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels. NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning. that of 'Grades,'” Earick writes in an upcoming report on the project.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But what about CEO and founder Sal Khan’s broader goal of changing the education system, by basing it more on mastery learning, not grades? Listen on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music , or wherever you listen to podcasts, or use the player on this page. Ideally, integration with our assessments.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

He’s started working with more schools and districts—instead of reaching students mainly at home—and has partnered with assessment groups, such as the College Board and, most recently, the NWEA for personalized test prep materials. The latter group administers the MAP Assessment—a test designed to measure growth in reading and math.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity to every student? As she puts it, competency-based learning “gives students the chance. Distinctive Schools network, we have been on a journey implementing personalized learning that takes a competency based approach.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

One of the first curricular tools I built to share—on the first day of school—was a public, student-friendly gradebook on Google Sheets. Yes, this was before Google Classroom existed!) This competency-based system made sense; if students were chronically absent, holding them accountable to a pacing calendar would prove futile.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. The TED Talk.

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