The teaching pedagogy, techniques, and strategies taught at Relay are designed to foster growth and achievement in Birth–Grade 12 students. Students’ assessments mirror, to the greatest extent possible, the kinds of tasks that great teachers do as a part of their day-to-day work. These assessments are designed to help Relay students meaningfully improve their practice and lead their Birth–Grade 12 students to measurable academic gains and socioemotional growth, and cultivate improvement in student classroom experience. Relay assigns both smaller written assessments and larger portfolio-based performance assessments including key assessments, which are summative assessments embedded in required coursework that assess the key competencies, knowledge, and skills that Relay’s curriculum is based upon.