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Strategies
Shifting Towards Assessment-Aligned Trimester Reporting
With the switch to virtual learning, the School District of Cudahy identified a core set of power standards and shifted from quarters to trimesters to better align with their assessment cycle.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Reflecting on Hops, Skips, and Leaps at Taos Academy Charter
In this Insight, Elizabeth LeBlanc shares some of the hops, skips, and leaps Taos Academy Charter has made during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate effective teaching and learning – and examines what they'll take forward with them.
Strategies
Virtual Advisories
Schools have incorporated virtual advisories so students can feel connected to and supported by teachers, despite not meeting in person physically.
Strategies
Virtual Family Meetups
Schools can schedule online meetups for families to informally chat and connect with each other to build community and provide support.
Strategies
Student Badges
Students collect badges to show what they have mastered on a specific pathway or skillset. These badges show qualifications on a smaller scale than a course grade or diploma.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Measuring Unfinished Learning: A Guide for Schools and Systems to Understand and Measure Student Progress
This insight investigates how education leaders can take an asset-based approach to measuring student learning, offering concrete processes and methodology to examine learner growth during times of disruption to student learning.
Teaching Practices
Unfinished Learning: How do you begin to measure student progress during disruption?
Measuring unfinished learning requires a strategic measurement process that starts with reviewing data, creating strong research questions, and collecting data. This process will help make connections between learning mastery and enabling structures...
Teaching Practices
Unfinished Learning: What classroom practices can be implemented to address unfinished learning?
At the classroom level, to address unfinished learning, educators need to implement strategies that accelerate individual learners’ growth and progress, adapt to their differences, and build on their academic, social, and physical strengths. This...
Examples From The Field
Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS)
VLACS is a nonprofit charter school in NH that offers elementary, middle, and high school programs.
Examples From The Field
Gem Prep Online
Gem Prep Online is a free, virtual K-12 public charter school serving Idaho students with a focus on both academic preparation and the development of essential competencies.
