Step By Step, the Journey Towards Freedom From Grade Levels
Sanborn High School in New Hampshire was a mediocre school with mediocre test scores. When the state passed a policy mandating that schools develop a competency-based system — advancing students based on mastery of specific skills and concepts instead of time spent in each grade — school leaders seized on the model as a way to turn the entire school around from the bottom up.
Join us this week on twitter #teachSDA to slow chat about grade levels. All of use probably went to a school with grades and were trained in college with the expectation we would be teaching at specific grade levels. But if you've been in a class room for a a few hours you know that your students aren't all operating at the same "grade level" so is it time to consider another way of doing things?
Join us this week on twitter #teachSDA to slow chat about grade levels. All of use probably went to a school with grades and were trained in college with the expectation we would be teaching at specific grade levels. But if you've been in a class room for a a few hours you know that your students aren't all operating at the same "grade level" so is it time to consider another way of doing things?
