Mastery-Based Learning in Washington Made Easy
Mastery-Based Learning in Washington: Support Teachers and Students
- Streamline teacher workflows and support mastery-based learning at scale with a suite of mastery-based assessment tools designed to meet your teachers where they're at
- Provide meaningful student assessment and rapid differentiated support with a Proficiency Report to identify gaps in student learning at a glance and Activities and multimedia options to support personalized learning pathways
- Monitor progress towards mastery from the classroom to the district with real-time sorting of evidence, a powerful Proficiency Report, mastery-based grade book, and Administrator Reports
Bring Your Washington Portrait of a Graduate to Life
- Document and track student progress toward your Portrait of a Graduate competencies with a district-wide template that follows students K-12 and beyond
- Align student learning to your local Portrait of a Graduate competencies, skills, and dispositions
- Equip staff with the means to easily track, view, post, and comment upon student learning and growth in Portfolios
Highlight Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Washington
- Invite your industry professionals to engage, when they can, and give students direct career skills feedback
- Tag students’ CTE work to O*NET skills and standards and leverage an e-portfolio that showcases evidence of students’ industry-standard skills, work products, and Industry Recognized Credentials (IRCs)
Set your students apart for postsecondary and job applications with shareable, view-only versions of their digital portfolios
FAQs: Mastery-Based Learning in Washington
Why are districts in Washington implementing mastery-based learning?
Washington school districts are implementing mastery-based learning to meet the changing demands of the K-12 education system. Traditional assessment methods and students advancing based on seat time are no longer meeting the goals of today’s education system or students’ needs. In response to the shift to more personalized, learner-centered education, states like Washington are adopting mastery-based learning to ensure that all students have the opportunity to demonstrate what they know, experience success, and progress when they’re ready.
How does SpacesEDU support mastery-based learning in Washington?
SpacesEDU supports mastery-based learning in Washington through comprehensive mastery-based assessment and reporting tools that help educators streamline their workflows and provide personalized, learner-centered education at scale.
Our mastery-based assessment and reporting tools allow educators to quickly tag evidence of learning to Washington standards, view mastery at a glance for individual students and at the classroom level, provide multimedia feedback to meet the needs of all learners, and leverage a visual mastery-based report card. Educators can create customizable, digital mastery-based learning environments to support personalized learning pathways, including a Class Space, Group Spaces for collaboration, and 1:1 Spaces for IEPs, goal setting, and more.
Why are school districts implementing a Washington Portrait of a Graduate?
School districts in Washington are developing and implementing their local Portrait of a Graduate to respond to the changing needs of the workforce. Implementing a Portrait of a Graduate helps ensure that students build the durable skills and competencies that are relevant to their local community and needed to be future-ready and find success after graduation.
How does SpacesEDU support Portrait of a Graduate in Washington?
SpacesEDU supports Portrait of a Graduate in Washington by helping Washington districts take their local Portrait of a Graduate from poster to effective implementation. We help districts develop a custom Portfolio Template aligned with their local competencies that follows students K-12 and beyond. Students document multimedia evidence of their learning and competency development over their K-12 journey and can share it in their defense of learning and externally for job and college applications. Stakeholders gain visibility into how students are progressing toward their Portrait of a Graduate competencies with comprehensive district-wide reports.
How are other Washington districts using SpacesEDU?
In addition to leveraging SpacesEDU for Portrait of a Graduate implementation and mastery-based assessment, Washington school districts, like Spokane Public Schools, are using SpacesEDU to support Career and Technical Education (CTE) and traditional career-readiness with a digital portfolio that showcases evidence of students’ industry-standard skills, work products, and Industry Recognized Credentials (IRCs). With SpacesEDU, schools in Washington are inviting CTE industry partners to engage and give students direct career skills feedback, providing visibility into student work and a clear path to growth for students. Additionally, Washington educators tag students’ CTE projects to O*NET skills and standards and leverage a progress report to view learning growth and gaps.
What does the typical onboarding and roll-out process look like to support Portrait of a Graduate, CTE, and mastery-based learning in Washington?
We’ve spent the past 18 years working with school districts to meet the goals outlined in their strategic plans, and have defined a proven roll-out and implementation strategy that engages all relevant stakeholders.
When a Washington school district decides to work with us, they will partner with a dedicated Partner Success Specialist to define their goals for Portrait of a Graduate, CTE, and mastery-based learning implementation using SpacesEDU, create custom training and communication plans, and ensure successful adoption of the software.
We work with each Washington district to tailor their strategy, including offering a proof of concept term, to effectively evaluate the software for your use case and unique population of students.
