Going deep: Student-directed learning in Performance Standards Consortium schools

We speak with Adam Grumbach, social studies program coordinator of the New York Performance Standards Consortium, and Naseem Haamid, a law student who attended Fannie Lou Hamer High School. We discuss inquiry based learning, Performance Based Assessment Tests, Habits of Mind, and self-directed, interdisciplinary portfolios, as alternatives to standardized-test driven curricula. Overview 00:00-00:54 Intros 00:54-02:04 NYS Performance Standards Consortium 02:04-03:54 Potential effect on Consortium of elimination of Regents exams as graduation requirement 03:54-05:09 Inquiry- and literacy-based education 05:09-06:27 Creation of curricula 06:27-07:39 Students’ input into what they focus on 07:39-10:54 Naseem’s transition from a test-oriented school to Fannie Lou Hamer HS (FLH HS) 10:54-10:39 The most valuable things about FLH HS for Naseem 10:39-14:31 Transition from FLH HS to more traditional college and law school classes 14:31-17:21 Performance based assessment tests (PBATs) and other assessments 17:21-19:26 Rubrics 19:26-20:09 Grading of PBATs 20:09-24:45 Portfolios 24:45-28:25 College and career planning 28:25-32:56 Selecting and supporting teachers 32:56-35:35 Lessons for teachers elsewhere from the Consortium 35:35:36:31 “This is what education should be like”

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