Topic: Assessment and Accountability

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Traditional Grading Systems vs. Standards-based Grading Systems

How does grading differ in a traditional education system vs. a standards-based grading system?

Beyond the Horizon

Recommendations to help move toward equitable, learner-centered school quality systems

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What’s the difference between a standard and a competency?

Sometimes competencies and standards are conflated. Competencies made clear and simple!

Laura Hilger
Senior Director of Teaching and Learning

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A Competency-based Approach to Meaningful, Relevant Education in New York City

How one school is innovating to better serve all learners

Matt Williams
Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Building Student Agency and Ownership Through Standards-based Grading

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

Portrait of Memorie White Mountain, an Indigenous woman with hair pulled back, wearing a tan cardigan and black shirt. Text reads: Q&A with Memorie White Mountain, Executive Director, Mní Wičhóni Nakíčižiŋ Wouŋspe (Defenders of the Water School)

Defenders of the Water School: Education Rooted in Land, Language and Lifeways

The Defenders of the Water School was founded by Indigenous people on Indigenous principles. Learn how the school was created, how it operates and the goals for the future.

Maria Crabtree
Director of Strategic Foresight Projects

In a personalized, competency-based learning environment, the purpose of assessment is no longer just to determine what students know or don’t know.

More Than Taking a Test

In a personalized, competency-based learning environment, the purpose of assessment is no longer just to determine what students know or don’t know.

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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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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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Politicizing Public Education: The Wrong End of Being Right

There was a rush to blame after the release of the NAEP scores – but our learners need something different.

Matt Williams
Executive Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Transforming for Tomorrow: A State Policymaker's Guide for Supporting Student-Centered Education Systems

Transforming for Tomorrow: A State Policymaker’s Guide for Supporting Student-Centered Education Systems

This guide is designed to help a range of state policymakers identify initial steps to support schools and districts wanting to implement a personalized, competency-based approach.

Jon Alfuth
Senior Director of State Policy

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