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Mastery-based Learning Workgroup 

The Legislature passed House Bill 1599 in 2019. This bill established multiple graduation pathway options and tasked the State 91Ô­´´ of Education (SBE) with creating a work group to learn more about MBL. During this time, the work group explored barriers to MBL and provided recommendations to state leaders. The work group was extended by Senate Bill 5249, which produced a second set of recommendations and a 91Ô­´´ Profile of a Graduate on December 10, 2021. 

State 91Ô­´´ of Education's Convening Role for the Mastery-based Learning Work Group 

The State 91Ô­´´ of Education shall: 

• Provide staff support to the work group; 

• Coordinate work group membership to ensure member diversity, including racial, ethnic, gender, geographic, community size, and expertise diversity; and 

• Submit an interim report outlining preliminary findings and potential recommendations to the governor and the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate by December 1, 2019, and a final report, provided to the same recipients, detailing all findings and recommendations related to the work group’s purpose and tasks by December 1, 2020. 

Statutory Charge of the Work Group 

The State 91Ô­´´ of Education shall convene a work group to inform the governor, the legislature, and the public about barriers to mastery-based learning in Washington state whereby: 

• Students advance upon demonstrated mastery of content; 

• Competencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives that empower students; 

• Assessments are meaningful and a positive learning experience for students; 

• Students receive rapid, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs; and 

• Learning outcomes emphasize competencies that include application and creation of knowledge along with the development of important skills and dispositions. 

The work group shall examine opportunities to increase student access to relevant and robust mastery-based academic pathways aligned to personal career goals and postsecondary education. The work group shall also review the role of the high school and beyond plan in supporting mastery-based learning. The work group shall consider: 

• Improvements in the high school and beyond plan as an essential tool for mastery-based learning; 

• Development of mastery-based pathways to the earning of a high school diploma; 

• The results of the competency-based pathways previously approved by the state board of education under RCW 28A.230.090 as a learning resource; and 

• Expansion of mastery-based credits to meet graduation requirements. 

Work Group Meeting Dates

Date	Meeting Place	Room Location	Files & Resources
June 20, 2019	John A. Cherberg Building, State Capitol	Conference Room ABC	Agenda Presentation Meeting Notes
September 23, 2019	John L. O'Brien Building, State Capitol	House Hearing Room A	Agenda Presentation OSPI High School and Beyond Plan Presentation Meeting Notes
November 14, 2019	Avanti High School, Olympia	Multipurpose Room	Agenda Meeting Notes
February 27, 2020	South Puget Sound Community College - Lacey Campus	Room 188	Agenda Meeting Notes
April 16, 2020	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes
June 23, 2020	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes Presentation
July 15-16, 2020	Virtual Meeting (Zoom)	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes Presentation
September 29, 2020	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes
October 22, 2020	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes
November 19, 2020	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda
April 29, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes Presentation
May 27, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes
June 24, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes
July 22, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes
August 26, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes
September 8, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda
September 23, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda
October 28, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda Meeting Notes
November 30, 2021	Virtual Meeting ()	N/A	Agenda

Workgroup Membership

Member	Selected By	Name of Member
Democratic Senator	Senate President	Lisa Wellman
Republican Senator	Senate President	Ann Rivers
Democratic Representative	Speaker of the House	Sharon Tomiko Santos
Republican Representative	Speaker of the House	Alex Ybarra
Student	Association of Washington Student Leaders	Ashley Lin, Union High School, Camas
Student	Association of Washington Student Leaders	Samiksha Matis
EOGOAC Representative	Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee (EOGOAC)	Frieda Takamura
High School Principal	Association of 91Ô­´´ Principals	Dr. Kory Kalahar, Principal of WestSide High School, Wenatchee
High School Certificated Teacher	Washington Education Association	Miguel A. Saldaña, Teacher, Pasco
High School Counselor	Washington Education Association	Jenny Morgan, Counselor, Olympia
District 91Ô­´´ Member or Superintendent	91Ô­´´ School Directors' Association Washington Association of School Adminstrators	Aurora Flores, Manson School 91Ô­´´, WSSDA President Krestin Bahr, Superintendent of Peninsula, WASA President
OSPI Representative	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Rhett Nelson
SBE Representative	Chair of the State 91Ô­´´ of Education	Dr. Paul Pitre
PESB Representative	Professional Educator Standards 91Ô­´´	Alexandra Manuel
WSAC Representative	Washington Student Achievement Council	Amelia Moore
WACTE Representative	Washington Association of Colleges for Teacher Education	Dr. Donita Torres, Assistant Professor, Eastern Washington University
Online Learning Community Representative	Online Learning Advisory Committee of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction	Ron Mayberry, Director of Career & College Readiness, Bethel School District