Peer into Jonathan Bergmann or Aaron Sams’s classes and you will see something exciting happening. You will discover Mastery for Learning - 21^st Century Learning That Works.

Mastery for Learning enables students to take responsibility for their own learning. Students conduct experiments, watch video podcasts, work on assignments, interact with the class Moodle site, have one-on-one discussions with their teacher, and get tutored by their peers and cadet teachers. This is Mastery Learning at work.

Mastery of Learning allows students to work at their own pace through the science curriculum. When they complete a unit they must demonstrate that they have learned the content by taking an exit assessment that includes both a lab and a written component. If students score less than 85% on these exit assessments, they must go back and re-learn those concepts they missed and retake the exam. Grades are no longer determined by a percentage but rather how much content they have mastered.