Effort TrackingSuccess at school is typically based on academic achievement, using a common yardstick for all students; yet some students get good results without trying, whereas others work really hard but never experience success at school. It is time we shift our success-focus towards more equitable measures for students of all abilities, that reflect the processes of learning as well as their outcomes. Effort Tracking is a ground-breaking framework for systematically measuring and tracking students' and teachers' perceptions of student effort, helping to align these different perspectives and, in doing so, build better teacher-student relationships and students' intrinsic motivation for learning. Effort Tracking was developed by Dr Robin Nagy over the past 15 years in Australia, and is influenced by research on Growth Mindset (Carol Dweck), Grit (Angela Duckworth), Visible Learning (John Hattie), Motivation and Engagement (Andrew Martin, Rebecca Collie, and others). Our MissionAt Effort Tracking, our objective is to catalyse a movement for change within our educational system focused on improving student intrinsic motivation for learning. We seek to do this by helping schools to highlight and value the processes, as well as the outcomes, of learning by making student effort visible, as well as the relationship between effort and growth. Effort Tracking's mission is to effect a paradigm shift in how schools measure and value student progress. We promote the view that students of differing achievement levels can all attain growth and their full potential, by appropriate and consistent application of effort to their studies. We believe that all students have a right to have their effort recognised and rewarded by school systems and that in doing so, schools can mitigate against the harmful effects of a culture of high-stakes 'summative' assessment. Further InformationFurther Information on Effort Tracking can be seen on our Information page.
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