Today’s grades were developed as part of a particular approach to schooling that emerged with universal participation, large classes and the desire to treat all students equally. Under this approach, all students move along the same curriculum ‘conveyor belt’ at the same pace; are delivered the same year-level curriculum at the same time; and are then graded for performance before all moving to the next year’s curriculum. On production lines, the grading of products is a common feature of the production process. The problem is that learning is not like this. Instead, it is a continuous, ongoing process.

Employers are increasingly prioritising the ability to think, learn and work collaboratively when considering candidates for employment.

Imagine NO classrooms, timetables or bells. Instead, students will decide for themselves what they want to learn and how they want to do it, with the support from mentors

Schools that move to this type of reporting will usually stop providing individual student subject comments on semester reports The main benefit of this model is that students and parents receive feedback in a ‘timely’ manner about how the child is progressing. Having a good LMS is needed. Here is just one example./

We have long come to understand that our current environment does not best serve us. Learning works best when it is created together through discovery, and not when a teacher stands in front of 30 learners reading from a screen. It works when the learner directs their journey, and not when the scene is already engineered and laid out for them.