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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

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Lindsay Unified has seen significant improvement in academic achievement, graduation rates and the number of students going to college since it created a performance-based system in the mid-2000s. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning.

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

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Heyck-Williams says these conferences help families understand the grading system, as students sit down with the data to discuss their strengths and weaknesses. We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. . We’ve always felt like it works,” he explains of Berthold’s assessment model.

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How State Reform in New Hampshire Led to Teacher Autonomy

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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. Sanborn Regional School District immediately saw the benefits of a competency-based system and began experimenting with the model.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

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The middle school has started using an online system to guide self-paced learning, and Ms. STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING Another term for personalized learning, but tending to emphasize the needs of individual students rather than the goals of the teacher, school or district.

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Learning Impact Conference Report: How Can We Create More Seamless Digital Ecosystems?

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At the IMS Global Learning Impact conference this week (#LILI2018), there were dozens of sessions covering the many ways interoperability is helping data play well together to create more user-friendly digital ecosystems.