School Redesign
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August 9, 2022
Do you remember a learning experience outside of school that made a difference to you? Why did that experience matter? For me, the first thing that comes to mind is actually a person: my brother, Michael Wexler.
May 23, 2022
Though every MTC member school has forged a unique path on its journey to mastery learning, there are common threads that connect their experiences. Clark Street Community School—a charter school in Middleton, Wisconsin, and Oxford Academy—an all-boys boarding school in Westbrook, Connecticut—are at different phases of implementing new learning models.
October 27, 2021
The intentional collaboration among the systems from K-12 all the way to higher ed and the organizations overseeing them has been instrumental to the widespread adoption and success of PCBL in our state,” says Melanie Heath, Associate Commissioner for Strategic Initiative and Access for the Utah System of Higher Education. “Rather than having to push against the system, schools are being supported at the State level...
June 9, 2021
If assessment should be treated as feedback rather than measurement, the shift from measurement to qualitative feedback must be accompanied by ways to provide feedback in a growth-oriented manner, and communicate the level to which a evidence demonstrates the desired learning goals have been articulated.
April 20, 2021
From mindset-shifting to resilience and everything in between, one on one time with member schools about their respective Journeys to Mastery and the impact of the pandemic has yielded thrilling results.
May 7, 2020
In April Greg Curtis participated in MTC's Online Member Symposium, delivering two sessions on assessment and reimagining the learning environment. The following post addresses the role of assessment and curriculum change in moving toward mastery-based school transformation.
December 9, 2019
MTC is pleased to introduce the publication, “The Journey towards Mastery Learning: The Steps and Stages to Mastery Credits and the Mastery Transcript,” coauthored by mastery learning experts Chris Sturgis and Katherine Casey, along with MTC’s Senior Director of Member Engagement Susan Bell. This is the second in a series of publications MTC is producing (“MTC Works”) during 2019-2020, following on the earlier theory of action paper, “Getting Our Signals Straight for Students.” The goal of “The Journey towards Mastery Learning” is to provide MTC member schools–and others who are thinking about joining the MTC movement–with a framework for reimagining high school and transitioning to mastery learning … and ultimately the MTC Mastery Transcript. Read on for more.
November 15, 2019
Jonathan E. Martin has recently published the book “Reinventing Crediting for Competency-Based Education” to explore the need for school transformation along with the implementation of promising models, particularly the Mastery Transcript Consortium.
October 23, 2019
“Will I be able to get into college?” This is a common question coming from high school seniors around the country right now.
October 17, 2019
Come learn with MTC at #iNACOL19 sessions! Get a preview of the Mastery Transcript and learn about how it supports and accelerates schools’ adoption of mastery- and competency-based learning.
April 30, 2019
The school-within-a-school model has given an MTC member school “space where we could test different educational strategies and approaches at scale, like the Mastery Transcript and competency-based learning.”
December 19, 2017
The school-within-a-school model has given an MTC member school “space where we could test different educational strategies and approaches at scale, like the Mastery Transcript and competency-based learning.”
November 30, 2017
It’s worth pausing to consider why some find the following statement controversial: assessment should advance learning. Not measure, record, punctuate, summarize, or complete. Advance.
October 26, 2017
Come learn with MTC at #iNACOL19 sessions! Get a preview of the Mastery Transcript and learn about how it supports and accelerates schools’ adoption of mastery- and competency-based learning.
July 31, 2017
Come learn with MTC at #iNACOL19 sessions! Get a preview of the Mastery Transcript and learn about how it supports and accelerates schools’ adoption of mastery- and competency-based learning.
February 28, 2017
Welcome to the Mastery Transcript Consortium’s new website. We’ve been working on it for months, and we’re eager to share it with you. We hope this new site helps schools…
February 28, 2017
Welcome to the Mastery Transcript Consortium’s new website. We’ve been working on it for months, and we’re eager to share it with you. We hope this new site helps schools…