What is Equitable Grading and Instruction (EGI)?
Equitable Grading and Instruction (Formerly Mastery Learning and Grading) is a growth-mindset approach to K-12 teaching and learning, based on the expectation that everyone can learn when provided with the right conditions and support. It offers all students and teachers an alternative to traditional instruction and grading. By refocusing classroom grading, assessment, instruction, and lesson planning on clear learning targets, and by implementing research-based systems honoring individual variation in learning styles, Equitable Grading and Instruction allows more students to succeed academically and ultimately to take charge of their own learning.
Background and Reasoning behind the shift to EGI:
EGI Background and Context.pdfEquitable Grading and Instruction Products and Information:
What are Learning Targets?.pdf1. What are Learning Targets?
Proficiency Scale Product Rubric.pdf2. What are Proficiency Scales?
Proficiency scales are tools that teachers and students use to communicate what a student needs to demonstrate to achieve mastery of a particular learning target. Proficiency scales are usually on a 0-4 scale, 4 being mastery. Usually each learning target will have a proficiency scale. As teachers, this is what is used to produced mastery level proficiency scales:
3. What is a Tiered Assessment?
Most recent news regarding EGI at Elizabeth Learning Center:
This school year, at ELC, during the fall semester, we formed both Elementary and Secondary Professional Learning Communities (PLC's). The goal of these PLC's was tri-fold. First, we wanted to provide teachers who have attended EGI PD's before, to continue to have implementation support. Second, we wanted to provide teachers the time and space to become EGI certified. Lastly, we wanted to provide EGI support to new teachers. Of course, above all, we analyzed ways to change instruction to ultimately ensure our students have the opportunity to master the content.
