Monthly Archives: February 2014

Leadership in Action: What is Proficiency-Based Grading?

Leadership in Action: What is Proficiency-Based Grading? Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page February 26, 2014   NEW ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM This issue brief from the New England Secondary School Consortium outlines what separates proficiency-based grading from traditional grading.   Proficiency-based grades separate academic achievement from behaviors.

A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change

A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change Download the Full PDFBack to Publications Page February 01, 2014   MARIA WORTHEN AND LILLIAN PACE Providing federal policymakers with a comprehensive vision for supporting state and local efforts to implement student-centered learning, this report describes barriers and opportunities within federal education…