Resource Type: Stories from the Field

Building Student Agency and Ownership Through Standards-based Grading

How standards-based grading is serving students, teachers and families in this Arizona border community

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Read a case study about Marysville School District in Marysville, Ohio, and how they are transforming teaching and learning for more than 5,000 students and 500 teachers and staff.

One Ohio Community’s Experience with District-wide Implementation of Personalized, Competency-based Learning

What it can look like to commit to the success of each learner.

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How Kentucky is Listening – and Acting – on Community and Student Voice

Three big ideas are shifting the center of power in education in Kentucky.

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Nothing About Us, Without Us: How Nevada Is Engaging Students

What matters to Nevada’s students is part of the state’s strategy for transforming education.

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a group of stakeholders collaborate in creating a Portrait of a Learner at Nevada's Future of Learning Convening 2022

Building a Portrait of a Nevada Learner from the Community Up

How educators, community members and students are working together to build a vision for the future of teaching and learning in Nevada

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A Different Path to a Diploma

By taking GED tests where they need credit, North Dakota students can earn their high school diploma.

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What Happens When Districts Learn from Each Other

Every system, like every learner, is an individual. And they can learn a lot from each other.

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What Grading for Equity Looks Like in This Arizona High School

How one high school is rethinking grades to better reflect what students know and know how to do

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What We Measure Matters

Student data is about more than just achievement. We need to capture evidence of meaningful, relevant learning experiences, too.

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Students Want Meaningful, Personalized Learning – and Pennsylvania Educators Do, Too

How listening to students – and acting on what they hear – is shaping teaching and learning in Pennsylvania

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Ungrading: Focusing on Feedback and Learner Agency

Traditional grading systems don’t take into account what students need to be lifelong learners – and to thrive in a future that will look very different from today.

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KnowledgeWorks is dedicated to changing the education culture to prepare each student for future success through personalized learning.

How Prioritizing Standards Prioritizes What Students Already Know – and What They Need to Learn Next

How a fresh approach to standards in one district is supporting students to reach mastery no matter where they begin their learning journeys.

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