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Mastery Transcript

coloradokim edited this page Feb 9, 2018 · 1 revision

Donnell-Kay Hot Lunch February 9, 2018

Trish Russell from Mastery Transcript Consortium

The problem: Grades are too reductive and don't reflect a student's experience as a learner

Origin of MTC

  • 18 private or independent schools formed the first consortium
  • As of Feburary 2018, 108 schools, including public schools, are part of the group
  • An influential report about the state of college admissions: Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern For Others and the Common Good Through College Admissions
  • The Promise of Performance Assessments: ...
    • How do performance assessments differ from other tests?

Transcript Prototype

  • 3-layer digital transcript:

    1. The student's transcript
    2. The description of the mastery credits
    3. exemplars and additional evidence
  • Each school chooses its own mastery credit areas

    • Credit areas is where students time engaged in deliberate practice
  • Mastery credits measure:

    • Knowledge
    • Skills
    • Mindsets and Habits
  • There are foundational mastery credits (graduation requirements represented with a pie graph) and there are advanced mastery credits (polar chart)

  • Example Mastery Credit Areas:

    • Goal-Setting and Adaptation
    • Persistence
    • Mastery Mindset
  • Example Advanced Mastery Credit Areas:

    • Agility in Ambiuity
    • Curation and Reflection
  • Example Mastery Credits:

    • Understand and express ideas in two or more languages
    • Communicate clearly to diverse audiences

Benefits

  • Disconnects Credits from...
  • Time (Carnegie Unit)
  • Courses
  • Specific Teacher

Connects credits to the student's best work and an aggregate of adult opinions and feedback

Shifts

Teacher as judge => teacher as guide/coach

Bredth (mostly content) => Depth

A few paths => Many paths

Research: Area9 Group, Cathy Davidson's book on Higher Education

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