Summit Public Schools

How might we assess “Habits of Success” in ways that help students grow and develop, rather than reducing these habits to checklists?

Summit Public Schools developed a research-based framework for assessing their Habits of Success, which include social emotional learning, academic mindsets, learning strategies, and self-directed learning. The assessment strategies include teacher- and student- surveys, reflective conversations with mentors, and analysis of data on how students interact with resources on the platform. Summit uses the data from these assessments primarily for program-level decision-making. One of the questions Summit has been asking is how can Habits of Success assessments be most impactful at the individual student level - including the question of how to signal the importance of the Habits without attaching stakes to them. Summit is now piloting the Summit Diploma, a student portfolio defense that incorporates Habits of Success and engages each student’s “personal advisory board” as the audience for the defense.

Prototypes & Artifacts

Common Assessment Framework (internal document, do not share w/o permission)

Medium Term Vision for Habits of Success & Community Values (internal document, do not share w/o permission)

Summative Habits Measurement (internal doc, do not share w/o permission)

Working Version of Developmental Arc (internal, do not share w/o permission)

Presentations of Learning

Slide Decks

• Think Outside the Bubble - SXSWedu 2017
• Think Outside the Bubble - iNACOL 2017

Publications

• The Science of Summit (see page 45 for an in-depth discussion on Habits of Success)

Student Voices