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Mastery Transcript
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
- 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
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The Promise of Performance Assessments: ...
- How do performance assessments differ from other tests?
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3-layer digital transcript:
- The student's transcript
- The description of the mastery credits
- exemplars and additional evidence
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Each school chooses its own mastery credit areas
- Credit areas is where students time engaged in deliberate practice
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Mastery credits measure:
- Knowledge
- Skills
- Mindsets and Habits
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There are foundational mastery credits (graduation requirements represented with a pie graph) and there are advanced mastery credits (polar chart)
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Example Mastery Credit Areas:
- Goal-Setting and Adaptation
- Persistence
- Mastery Mindset
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Example Advanced Mastery Credit Areas:
- Agility in Ambiuity
- Curation and Reflection
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Example Mastery Credits:
- Understand and express ideas in two or more languages
- Communicate clearly to diverse audiences
- 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
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