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• 10 Principles of Mastery-Based Learning

  To help schools establish a philosophical and pedagogical foundation for their work, the Great Schools Partnership created the following “Ten Principles of Mastery-Based Learning,” which describe the common features found in the most effective mastery-based systems.

• Assessment - Mastery-Based Learning

  A core tenet of mastery-based learning or competency-based pathways (CBP) is that accurate, credible and useful student assessment information plays an essential role in supporting learning. Assessments should be a meaningful learning experience for students, provide rich information to educators so they can provide targeted support to students, and send students and parents clear signals about students’ readiness for next steps.

• Communication - Mastery-Based Learning

  A variety of communications toolkits are available to assist schools and school districts in explaining the changes necessary to implement Mastery-Based Learning.

• Action Planning - Mastery-Based Learning

  The Cycle of Action is a simple tool developed to frame the critical steps schools take when engaged in an evidence-based, goal-driven school-improvement process designed to raise the educational achievement, aspirations, and attainment of all students.

• 2023 Complaint Summaries

  2023 Special Education Complaint Summaries

• 2024 Complaint Summaries

  2024 Special Education Complaint Summaries

• Project-Based Learning - Mastery-Based Learning

  Project-based learning refers to any programmatic or instructional approach that utilizes multifaceted projects as a central organizing strategy for educating students.

• 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.

• Performance Assessment - Mastery-Based Learning

  Information on and resources related to Performance Assessment in Mastery-Based Learning.

• What Are Flexible Pathways for Learning?

  Personalized learning pathways empower students to pursue their passions while encouraging them to take more responsibility for their education. Students work with their teachers to blend a variety of educational experiences that satisfy graduation competencies and meet state-required standards, such as career-and-technical, college-level, and online courses, in addition to internships, apprenticeships, and volunteer opportunities that are intentionally designed to integrate with a student’s academic learning.

• Why Mastery-Based Learning?

  Rather assuming that completing a number of hours in a classroom results in understanding, mastery-based learning requires students to demonstrate knowledge and skills before progressing to the next level. Mastery-based learning requires teachers to develop a more fine-grained understanding of student abilities.

• Student Voice and Choice - Mastery-Based Learning

  In education, student voice refers to the values, opinions, beliefs, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds of individual students and groups of students in a school, and to instructional approaches and techniques that are based on student choices, interests, passions, and ambitions.

• Standards vs. Competencies - Mastery-Based Learning

  Standards are the responsibility of the State Board of Education. Standards are proposed by the Connecticut Department of Education and adopted by the State Board of Education. Competencies are the knowledge, skills, and/or behaviors students must master in specific content or performance areas according to the OLD Foundation.

• What is Mastery-Based Learning?

  Connecticut students can learn through student-centered pathways that ensure college and career readiness.