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Measuring Mastery &





                  Ensuring Accountability







                  Acton students hold themselves as accountable as

         anybody in a high-performing organization or company.


  Accountability to the World




        Students celebrate the mastery of tools,
        skills and character by earning badges,
        assembling portfolios and taking part in                    Accountability to Yourself
        public exhibitions.


        Parents use badges to track academic                                Goal setting measures progress
        progress in Core Skills like reading, writing,
        math and spelling and character development                         through daily, weekly, and longer-term
        in "Learn to Be" Badges.                                            goals.
                                                                            Servant Leader Badges celebrate
        Points track effort doing focused work.
                                                                            transformation into an independent
        Competitions outside the studio allow                               learner and a purposeful leader.
        students to compete against world-class
        peers.

        360 reviews measure leadership and
        warm-hearted and tough-minded
        contributions to the classroom.
                                                                            Tools

        The Eagle Buck school currency incentivizes
        students to work hard as what they are paid
        is equal to their work output.  Eagle bucks                      Acton Journey Tracker documents
        can be used to purchase items in the                             progress in goal setting, points,
        school store.                                                    badges, Quest deliverables, Eagle bucks,

        Elected town council members work to help                        and 360 Reviews.
        one another solve conflicts and innovate                         Online dashboards provide feedback and
        new operating systems within the school.                         analytics for Core Skills mastery.


        Freedom levels incentivize students to                           Once-a-year standardized tests
        develop responsibility as they earn more                         benchmark progress year-to-year in math,
        privileges the more maturity they exhibit.                       reading, writing, and critical thinking.
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