Kyiv International School follows the Mastery Learning educational approach in which students are provided the time and resources required to achieve mastery of a subject.  Instruction is based on student's needs, class assignments are specific, purposeful and relevant to the learning outcomes.

We choose mastery learning because more students achieve higher and more enduring results.

We expect every student to be successful and we create the conditions for this success through: 

• Flexible placement in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics; students are placed in classes where they will be appropriately challenged. 
• Instruction based on students’ needs. 
• Small class sizes. 
• Teaching until mastery is demonstrated (low or inconsistent performance isn’t good enough to move on to the next course). 
• Giving students enough time to master new material so that more students demonstrate proficiency and achievement at higher levels throughout the year. 
• Requiring more from students; they are challenged to achieve a deep level of understanding rather than passing a course with only a 70% understanding.