Defined Goals

BEYOND TEST SCORES: ASSESS FUTURE-READY SKILLS FOR SUCCESS

Today’s students need more than content knowledge to thrive in the innovation economy. Your Portrait of a Graduate defines the skills and competencies that students need to develop in order to be successful in school, work, and life. Career-connected deeper learning and project-based learning provide students with the opportunity to build and practice those skills. With Defined Goals, educators have high-quality performance tasks aligned to your district’s Portrait of a Graduate goals and tools to measure and monitor growth toward those goals.

Defined Goals enhances Defined Learning and Defined Careers by providing customized implementation, measurement, and reporting that captures progress in competencies traditional assessments cannot measure. Through authentic, career-connected experiences, Defined Goals demonstrates how students develop and apply deeper learning competencies, offering unique insights into skills like critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and many more. Watch Now >

How it Works

Step 1: Consultation & Custom Plan

Through a consultative process, we'll help you determine your district's desired goals that you are looking to measure. Next, we'll help you select classroom projects that will meet these goals from Defined's award-winning platforms.

Step 2: Custom Catalog Created & Aligned to Goals

We'll create a catalog of selected projects and customized rubrics that align with your state- or district-specific goals. State- or district-specific language and/or tags added to rubrics will be added for scoring. Rubric criteria will be aligned with plans as well.

Step 3: Enhanced Reporting & Analytics

Enhanced data and robust reports will be custom-created for you to allow you to track progress and measure growth toward your graduate profile goals. You'll have the ability to filter and focus on specific buildings, grades, or classes for enhanced data-driven decision-making.

Step 4: Professional Learning & Support

A personalized professional learning session for your district administration and other stakeholders.

Defined Goals Analytics & Insights

See how our enhanced data and analytics can help you unlock insights and leverage our career-connected deeper learning solutions to support student success toward your Portrait or Profile of a Graduate goals.

Read the Research

Learn how Defined Goals helps schools and districts across the country implement and measure skills and competencies students need for future success!

Portrait of a Graduate Handbook: How to Successfully Build and Implement Your Portrait of a Graduate

This EBook draws from a three-year longitudinal study of Broken Arrow Public Schools and provides comprehensive guidance for educational leaders seeking to implement a Portrait of a Graduate framework in their districts. Read the EBook >

Building Tomorrows Skills: Look Fors to Support Defined & Project-Based Learning

View this reflective guide for a comprehensive checklist outlining key indicators of effective project-based learning that incorporates performance tasks, career relevance, and the application of transversal skills in the classroom. Read the Guide >

How PBL Builds Portrait of a Graduate Competencies

In this guide, learn why project-based learning is one of the most effective ways schools and districts embed Portrait of a Graduate goals in their curriculum and instruction. Read the Guide >

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Why Choose Defined Goals?

Let Defined help you unlock your school or district's potential and empower your students with the knowledge and skills they need for graduation and beyond.

Schedule a call to learn how we can help you meet your goals and put your students on a pathway to a promising future.