Tag: Achievement

As one middle school moves from grading for compliance with processes to grading for mastery over content, it raises a question about how to expand what counts as achievement, and how it is measured so that mastery can be best captured.

The development and interest in iPads is another demonstration of how advanced electronics have become, and are working their way into the lives of so many people today. But we also need to re-imagine what is possible with schooling. Is the job of teacher about compliance, or rethinking learning? Is the task of running a school about compliance, or about rethinking operations to work best?

Superintendent of schools in Edmonton, Alberta describes how schools in that district have begun adopting alternative assessment programs that do not rely on regular grades to determine student performance. By eliminating the impact of daily performance measures on a student’s final grade the learning processes become more personalized by releasing the pressure for every student to produce the same end product.

This interesting blog post on School Spring describes a growing trend of student-led conferences. If the role of student can be successfully expanded into conferences, could it be elsewhere in the schooling process, as well?