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"The New England Network for Personalization and Performance (NETWORK), described in the following pages, represents a truly innovative approach to preparing and motivating students for postsecondary success. Our hypothesis is: A network of schools, working together to create authentic tasks and common rubrics to measure uncommon assessment tasks, will foster personalized learning resulting in higher student achievement, as demonstrated by lower dropout rates, higher graduation rates and demonstrable success after high school. Our challenge (and the innovation) is to puzzle out how to transform existing, comprehensive high schools into schools where learning is personalized for all students. The NETWORK builds on the promising work and proven results of the New York Performance Standards Consortium (Consortium), applying that work to new settings and with new populations.

By the end of the fifth project year, every student in every network school will have participated in at least two personalized, inquiry-based experiences and demonstrated mastery through performance assessment (and some will have participated in more). Students experiencing and participating in these uncommon learning and assessment tasks (with common scoring) will have a much greater likelihood of graduation and success in college and career.

The New England Network for Personalization and Performance (NETWORK) is made up of thirteen high schools (close to 11,000 students) across four New England states - Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
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