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January 10, 2023·

A Recovering perfectionists journey to give up grades.

A Recovering perfectionists journey to give up grades. Written By: Starr Sackstein In 2016, Starr Sackstein was invited to give a TEDx Talk about her journey to give up grades. While…

December 21, 2022·

Let Go of the Reins to Allow for Student Self-Advocacy

Let Go of the Reins to Allow for Student Self-Advocacy Written By Starr Sackstein Control, the false sense of knowing the outcome as the plan is put into action. Tightly…

December 13, 2022·

5 Ways to Help Students Focus on Learning Rather Than Grades

When teachers give retakes and shift the way they talk about grades, students concentrate on the skills they’re gaining—not their scores.

December 6, 2022·

Using Positive Feedback in Math Classrooms

Providing math students with positive feedback can help them clarify their thinking, take risks, and apply concepts in new contexts.

December 1, 2022·

Bringing Reflection into Your Classroom: Why It Matters

Listen to this podcast featuring Starr Sackstein and Robert Pennington to learn why student reflection is so essential to mastery and how to bring reflection into your classroom successfully. Follow…

September 8, 2022·

An interview with Mastery Portfolio

Mastery Portfolio is an equitable assessment design firm that partners with schools to holistically bring their vision for innovative, responsible, equitable educational outcomes to life for their community.

August 31, 2022·

Mastery Portfolio: CodeLaunch Champions!

We are humbled and thrilled to share that Mastery Portfolio was awarded both Judges’ Choice and Audience Choice Awards at Thursday’s CodeLaunch Hackathon/Pitch Competition, presented by Cyrannus. It gives us renewed hope to see our…

August 24, 2022·

Mastery Portfolio CodeLaunch Finalist!

Listen to the CodeLaunch Podcast!

August 2, 2022·

Developing the Draft, the 1st Five Days of Learning

What will you do with the first day of school? How will you get to know your students better?