Demonstrating Student Mastery with Digital Badges and Portfolios

<p>In <em>Demonstrating Student Mastery with Digital Badges and Portfolios </em> David Niguidula shows how students can meet standards and express their individuality through digital badges and portfolios. Building off an essential question--What do schools want their students to know and be able to do?--he then shows how schools can implement a proficiency-based approach to student learning that has been successfully field-tested in districts across the United States.</p> <p>In manageable steps readers are guided through the implementation process. Niguidula shows readers how to <ul><li>Connect standards to badges. <li>Create portfolio-worthy tasks. <li>Develop common rubrics and a common understanding of what work is considered good enough. <li>Guide students in curating the elements of their portfolios. <li>Promote authentic student reflection on their work.</ul> <p>Replete with real-life examples this book is essential reading for principals who want to take their schools to the next level and for teachers who want a refreshing and sensible approach to assessment.</p>