Every State Now Lets Schools Measure Students’ Success Based on Mastery, Not Seat Time

Wyoming students may soon see the end of their school system as they know it.

In April, the state’s board of education, education department, flagship public university, and governor agreed to start a pilot project through which a handful of districts this fall will begin abandoning the traditional model of letter grades and course credits in favor of promoting—and graduating—students once they’ve demonstrated mastery of the required subjects.

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