Rochester teachers Melissa Cunliffe and Sara Cantrell talk about competency based...

As one of New Hampshire's four PACE school districts, Rochester is ground zero for working out the future New Hampshire public education, giving children...

Manchester Board of School Committee votes to adopt statewide test –...

Sarah Ambrogi and other key board members understood that there was really no choice in the end.  Here is how the Union leader reported...

PACE: proving individualized assessments are just as good as standardized tests...

States like New Hampshire that are incorporating competency-based education into their classrooms may wonder: how do we move from the traditional standardized test to...

Rochester begins its second year with performance based assessments

Rochester is one of four New Hampshire school districts beginning the second year of the pilot PACE program, which replaces some standardized testing with locally-based...

More NH graduates meet ACT College and Career Readiness Benchmarks

The results are in, and more New Hampshire students are meeting the ACT's College and Career Ready Benchmarks than in the past five years.  According...

Granite State students score higher than national average on SAT

The College Board released the score reports on the Class of 2015, and New Hampshire students scored 76 points higher than the national average. According...

Student-centered assessments put learners’ strengths first

In the Maine classrooms of RSU 2, the school districts serving several communities near Augusta, instructional coach Courtney Belolan helps teachers use a different...

In the new PACE assessments, students must prove they can apply...

Souheghan High School, Spaulding High School in Rochester, and Concord High School all have something in common--they've moved to competency-based performance assessments. The Concord...

This Maine teacher shows how multiple chances to demonstrate competency can...

Courtney Belolan, a teacher and teaching coach in Maine's RSU 2 school district, which serves communities north of Augusta, explains how student-centered learning can...

First year PACE results are in: what do they mean for...

The Department of Education recently released the results of the first Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) program. It was piloted in four districts...