Archive for September, 2011

Articles on Competency-Based Educational System

Monday, September 19th, 2011

SHS Competency-Based Assessment

Rochester students can relearn topics under new grading system

Rochester Schools

New competency grading system should help college-bound students

Grading System where nobody fails

The American High School: A call for change – John Shea

The American High School: A call for change

More depth, less breadth in curriculum

Going from isolation to immersion – tear down the walls

Create a grading system that tells us something

Graduate when one is ready: Not sooner, not later

In sum, it all adds up to getting results

It’s All About Needing Change

Shea’s proposals not the way

Ex-Spaulding principal still committed to education: Will help other districts redesign for the 21st century

Improvements at Spaulding will go forward despite Big Step on hold

Project to transform Lilac City school system set aside

Taking a big step backward

BIG STEP FORWARD – John Shea’s Competency Based education plan

Big Step Forward

Big Step Forward Meetings

In Foster’s on 7/27/01, Rochester School District finalized a new curriculum. The new curriculum was to span Kindergarten to grade 12. This entailed new materials, specifically textbooks.

Also in Foster’s on 7/21/01, we hired Richard Towne and Eric Ross as new administrative teacher evaluators. Their job was to evaluate new teachers and those in need of assistance.

In Foster’s on 3/25/2002, the School Board successfully amended the means of determining class rank at Spaulding High School.

Another Foster’s article dated 9/5/02 – A Short History of Spaulding.