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Not PL Ready/ PL Ready 
  • Campus uses district provided curriculum materials with little to no modifications to meet student needs. They do not provide aligned rationale for why those resources best meet their PL vision.  
  • Teachers progress based on team lesson plans to stay aligned to other teachers vs. progressing based on student mastery.
  • Assessment is mostly traditional; laking authentic situations, and opportunities for transfer of knowledge through assessment.
  • Students are not assessed on anything other than the core academic standards.
  • Grading is traditional - i.e., letter grades or based on a 100-scale rather than mastery based. Students may or may not have access to grades on demand online. Grades communicate a final score rather than progress towards mastery.
  • Online content is used minimally or in a way that lacks authentic alignment to offline instructional activities.
Consistent Practice/ Personalized 
  • Campus has taken the opportunity to review their curriculum materials and have selected those materials which are aligned to their PL vision. (These are often additional to what the district requires or provides, but the key is that they are aligned to campus PL vision).
  • There is evidence of authentic assessment across campus through performance assessment, portfolios, etc.
  • Authentic assessment data is used alongside traditional assessment data to inform instructional decisions and to support each student’s individual progress.
  • A mastery based grading reporting tool is used across campus to track student progress towards campus defined student graduation outcomes.
  • There is evidence of regular use of digital content based on student mastery levels.
Resources to Support:
  • What is Curriculum? From Managed Instruction to Personalized Learning: This blog shares insights into how to make the shift to digital, personalized learning with regard to curriculum and shares a chart that highlights the differences as well as stories from the field.
  • Selecting Effective Digital Curriculum is the Key to Personalized Learning: This website offer a Digital Curriculum Quality Checklist, based on iNACOL next-generation learning models for personalized learning as well as a list of key indicators of what high quality curriculum materials should meet.
  • Guide to Choosing Digital Content and Curriculum: This guide put together by the Center for Digital Education shares the steps for selecting high quality curriculum that is aligned to your PL vision and then shares how to implement these selections with fidelity.
  • Guide to Selecting Curriculum to Support Personalized Learning: This guide by Ed Elements walks you through the steps for aligning to your PL Vision and selecting high quality curriculum.
  • 4 Ways to Choose a Better Curriculum: This short blog shares 4 tips for selecting curriculum to support competency based or personalized learning.
  • The Case for Authentic Assessment: The Case for Authentic Assessment provides an excellent explanation of the What and Why of authentic assessment.
  • What is Performance Based Assessment: The Stanford School Redesign Network describes in this brief how performance assessment is an assessment system built around student demonstrations of learning and outlines the components of a credible, defensible performance assessment system.
  • Five Keys to Comprehensive Assessment: In this video, Linda Darling-Hammond shares how using well-crafted formative and performance assessments can powerfully affect teaching and learning.
  • Assessment for Learning Resources: This webpage offers a comprehensive set of Learning Progressions, Playlists, and Courses for supporting educators in deepening their Assessment Practice. Educators can self-assess, identify aligned resources, and learn through playlists and courses in order to become mastered in authentic and performance-based assessment.
  • Standards Based Grading Overview: This intro video gives a high level overview of what Standards Based Grading is.
  • What is Standards Based Grading: This video gives examples geared towards parents to help them understand shifts that occur when a school undertakes Standards Based Grading.
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  • Home
  • About
    • Personalized Learning
    • Meet the Team
    • Meet the Cohort
    • In the News
    • Impact Report
    • Sharing the Work
    • Blog
  • The Rubric
    • Assessment and Data >
      • Data Driven Instruction
      • Student Feedback
      • Authentic Assessment
      • Choice in Assessment
    • Instructional Rigor >
      • Varied Learning Experiences
      • Differentiated Learning Objectives
      • Personalized Learning Pathways
      • Mastery Based Progression
    • Student Agency >
      • Rapport with Students
      • Self- Direction
      • Opportunities for Input
      • Advocacy Beyond Self
    • Classroom Culture >
      • Routines and Procedures
      • Peer Accountability
      • Growth Mindset
      • Sense of Purpose
    • Equity >
      • Self- Awareness
      • Diversity in Design
      • Collaborative Grouping
      • Access to Materials
    • Phases of PL
  • Readiness Continuum
    • 1 Vision + Priorities
    • 2 The PL Graduate
    • 3 Principal/ Leader
    • 4 PL Classroom Practices
    • 5 Curriculum + Instruction
    • 6 Data Driven Instruction
    • 7 Collaborative Design
    • 8 PL Campus Team
    • 9 Personalized PD + Supports
    • 10 Culture of Innovation
    • 11 Social Emotional Learning
    • 12 Sustainability + Access
  • Progressions
    • Station Rotation
    • Individual Rotation
    • Flex Model
    • Distance Learning >
      • DLP | Establish a Learning Management System (LMS)
      • DLP | Engagement in Guided Learning
      • DLP | Engagement in Independent Learning
      • DLP | Feedback for Learning
    • Glossary
  • Fellowships
    • Innovation in Teaching Fellowship >
      • 2020-2021 Fellows
      • 2019-2020 Fellows
      • 2018-2019 Fellows
      • 2017-2018 Fellows
      • 2016-2017 Fellows
    • School Retool
    • iDesign Central
  • At-Home Learning Webinars
  • Opportunities
    • Educator Tours
    • Winter Design Excursion Exhibition
    • PL Workout Week 2021
    • Self-Paced Google Certification Courses
    • Google Certification
    • University Partnerships- Texas Tech
    • Edcamp
  • The Lighthouse