Earlier this month I wrote about the transition to proficiency for one of our Maine school districts, RSU 12. I closed that post with the promise of returning to Deb Taylor’s reflections on their transition process. What could have gone better? Deb admits they underestimated several things prior to the transition. She mentioned that teachers felt some anxiety knowing that students’ JumpRope accounts eventually would be visible to the students and their parents. Of course, oth

One of the trickiest aspects of mastery-based grading is the way that scores are calculated in the system. There are pros and cons to each a

Schools and school districts find themselves on the path to proficiency-based education (PBE) for a range of reasons and once there, they make all kinds of discoveries. Many of them unforeseen. As I spoke with Deb Taylor, the Director of Curriculum and Technology in RSU 12 in southern Maine, I heard a tale of a school district initially interested in complying with the law and ultimately taking a very close look at teaching and learning. It’s a great story. What led RSU 12 t