The Growth Transcript is a research and design initiative that will bring One Stone’s innovative growth-based assessment model to scale, enabling organizations and schools to assess a wide-range of hard-to-measure 21st century competencies.
WE CAN DO BETTER.
78%
Believe “soft skills” are more important than ever.
63%
Believe students are not equipped for the workforce.
62%
Feel high school is not tailored for each student’s next step.
75%
Feel high school should focus on real-world skills.
THE WORLD NEEDS BOLD LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At One Stone, a student’s total body of work is assessed using our Bold Learning Objectives (BLOB) and the One Stone Growth Transcript. This learning model is ideal for innovative schools and organizations looking to create a feedback-rich environment that empowers students to develop rich 21st century competencies and dispositions.
THE BLOB
One Stone’s Bold Learning Objectives, or BLOB, focuses on four key areas of learning: mindset, creativity, skills, and knowledge. Each area includes cognitive and non-cognitive competencies and dispositions and is supported by research-based learning objectives and criteria for mastery. Through their work in relevant, real-world experiences, students develop the social and emotional skills necessary for a growth mindset; they learn how to approach challenges and solve complex problems creatively; and they gain professional skills required of leaders who pursue their passions with confidence and purpose.
GROWTH TRANSCRIPT
The One Stone Growth Transcript is a tool that students and coaches use to measure growth in each area of the BLOB, identify areas of strength and future growth, and set personalized goals for learning. When a student demonstrates proficiency in each of the 32 learning objectives of the BLOB, they are equipped with a toolkit for life, indicating college and career readiness.
“The BLOB and Growth Transcript served as a scaffolding for me to explore what I find to be valuable. This isn’t to say that before One Stone I didn’t have a desire to grow as a human being, develop these soft skills, or to do good in the world. I knew I valued the principles on the BLOB, but felt constrained because soft skills and growth were an afterthought to getting the grades I thought I needed to “achieve” in order to be successful. The BLOB and Growth Transcript not only validate, but encourage growth that can’t be achieved through reading a textbook alone. Now, I approach life with an entirely different mentality.”
ASSESSMENT
A student’s total body of work is assessed using One Stone’s Bold Learning Objectives (BLOB) and the One Stone Growth Transcript. Growth and learning across a variety of real-world contexts are validated through One Stone’s learning model, creating a feedback-rich environment that empowers students to develop rich 21st century competencies and dispositions. Assessment at One Stone is rigorous and formative and includes data taken from performance-based evaluations, peer-to-peer reviews, self-evaluations, coach observations and written feedback. Assessment practices measure competencies and growth over time in traditional disciplinary areas (Knowledge), as well as social-emotional development (Mindset), real-world problem solving using human centered design (Creativity), and professional habits of work (Skills).
