In a recent Edutopia piece on Inquiry Based Learning (collaborative and project based learning), it was found that active-learning practices, such as Inquiry, have a more significant impact on student performance than any other variable, including student background and prior achievement. For the full article, click here.

At RVC, our inquiry-based learning approach provides a creative and engaging environment that is not focused on test scores. Our students learn to collaborate, ask questions, and express their knowledge in different ways, while teachers engage students’ natural curiosity and desire to learn. This approach lets students build skills that standardized tests don’t measure — the behaviors, attitudes, and social-emotional skills that set students up for success in school and in life. And clearly, in taking a test.