Proficiency-based learning (PBL), Proficiency-based Grading, and Proficiency-based Graduation Requirements (PBGR) refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading and academic reporting that are based on students demonstrating mastery of the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn. Proficiency-based Graduation Requirements (PBGR) are those proficiencies the district determines represent a set of expectations that a student will demonstrate before earning a high school diploma.

The newly unified Essex Westford School District adopted the following conceptual framework as a roadmap to transition to a PreK-12 proficiency-based learning system and develop proficiency-based graduation requirements in accordance with Vermont Education Quality Standards.

Professional Learning Communities and Proficiency-based Learning and Graduation Requirements

• EWSD K-12 Proficiencies