Teachers and school leaders can work together to ensure that report cards function as trustworthy indicators of what students ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The movement toward standards-based learning has been in motion for over 30 years, yet there is ...

I offer this in response to a letter to the editor earlier this week regarding the standards-based learning model. Mark Twain said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like,” and in a ...

Glenwood Springs Middle School science teacher Rob Buirgy knows teaching the scientific method to seventh-graders can be a challenge.Students must grasp each step, from hypotheses to conclusion.

Standards-based grading (SBG)—or competency-based grading—measures student progress relative to specific learning standards. This system of evaluation isolates the learning of content and mastery of ...

A public meeting to discuss Standards Based Learning as it relates to high school is set for 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25 at the Forest City High School Auditorium. The public is asked to submit ...

Meridian Public Schools Superintendent Sarah Glann is excited about some quiet work behind the scenes that aims to set the district on a good long-term path academically. "It’s not flashy. But it's ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to correct the number of districts participating in Washington state’s Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative. Every state now allows schools to embrace competency ...

In Laurie Pennington’s science classes at Gunn High School, standards-based grading has tested students’ and parents’ firm attachment to traditional grades. This is the fourth year she’s used the form ...

Underlying the shift to blended and student-centered environments is the transition from marking seat time to tracking learning. In competency-based environments, students show what they know and they ...