Chapter 7: PLPs and Proficiency-Based Assessment

Foundations & Connections

• What is Proficiency-Based Learning? Vermont Agency of Education
• A New Era for Educational Assessment, David T. Conley, Jobs for the Future, 2014
• How Selective Colleges and Universities Evaluate Proficiency-Based High School Transcripts: Insights for Students and Schools, Erika Blauth and Sarah Hadjian, New England Board of Higher Education, 2016
• What is the Difference between Standards-Based Grading (or Reporting) and Competency-Based Education? Matt Townsley, CompetencyWorks, 2014
• Standards-Based, The Glossary of Education Reform, Great Schools Partnership
• What is Proficiency-Based Grading? New England Secondary Schools Consortium,
• Harvard and Wellesley and Tufts, Oh My! Competency Works, Chris Sturgis, 2016

Examples & Tools

• 4 Ways to Begin Using Scales for Assessment, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2016
• The Crucial Role of Practice in a Proficiency-Based Environment, Life LeGeros, 2017
• 4 Key Concepts for Families about Proficiency-Based Reporting,  Neal McIntyre and Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2018
• Why Host a Whole-School Exhibition? Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2018
• Culminating Events for Project-Based Learning, Katy Farber, 2017
• When Students Share Their Work, It Deepens the Learning, Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2018