QED specializes in transformational learning design and practices which focus on developing and supporting learning- and learner- centered communities. Our theory of change is based on a commitment to tapping the knowledge and expertise that already exists in every community, while providing coaching, facilitation, and additional resources and models of practice, particularly in relation to the following areas:

• Assessing proficiency-based learning through:
• Formative and summative assessment
• Performance-based assessment

• Common Core Standards - Literacy and numeracy

• Community Partnerships and Collaborations

• Democratic Culture and Practice - schools as laboratories of democratic practice
  
  
• Designing personalized, student-centered learning
• Standards-based instructional design
• Expanded Learning Opportunities
  
  
• Educational Equity - developing will, skill, knowledge, and community capacity for eliminating the predictive value of race, class, language, gender, and special capacities on student achievement
  

• Engagement and motivation for all learners

• Learning profiles - tools and structures for developing and leveraging dynamic profiles of students' learning profiles, using research-based indicators of success
  

• Proficiency based pathways - systems, training, and reporting structures for shifting to proficiency based learning practices
  

• Youth Voice
  

For more information about transformational practices, see our Transformational Change Model.

To find out more about how Q.E.D. can support your school or organization's work, please contact Kim Carter at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it