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Statutory requirements for educating English Language Learners (ELLs) not served in required programs of bilingual education.
Extended Learning Opportunities - Mastery-Based Learning
Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs) are an integral part of Mastery-Based Learning. In a Mastery-Based environment instruction is fundamentally designed around the learner and learning pathways are flexible to meet students' needs while leveraging their interests.
Formative Assessment - Mastery-Based Learning
The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.
Frequently Asked Questions about Mastery-Based Learning
Mastery-based learning refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that are based on students demonstrating that they have learned the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they progress through their education.
Grading - Mastery-Based Learning
One of the primary goals of a mastery-based grading system is to produce grades that more accurately reflect a student’s learning progress and achievement, including situations in which students struggled early on in a semester or school year, but then put in the effort and hard work needed to meet expected standards.
Guidelines for Implementing Mastery-Based Learning
In accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes (C.G.S.) Section 10-221a(f)(3) passed by the Connecticut State Legislature, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is required to create and distribute guidance to support educators in schools and districts interested in implementing a mastery-based system as follows.
How Does Mastery-Based Learning Work?
With mastery-based learning, all students must demonstrate what they have learned before moving on. Before students can pass a course, move on to the next grade level, or graduate, they must demonstrate that they have mastered the skills and knowledge they were expected to learn.
Instruction - Mastery-Based Learning
There are many similarities between traditional classroom instruction and instruction in a mastery-based learning classroom. In both, there will be a need for direct instruction at times. Both approaches depend on defining the desired results. However, there are also differences.
Issues in Grading - Mastery-Based Learning
Issues in grading and their implications.
Mastery-Based Learning Resource Center
This website is designed to support local school districts that choose to implement Mastery-Based Learning, as well as families and community partners who want to learn more about this model.
Mastery-Based Learning Standards and Graduation Competencies
Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond.
Mastery-Based Learning Video Resources for Families
Video resources for families.
Performance Assessment - Mastery-Based Learning
Information on and resources related to Performance Assessment in Mastery-Based Learning.