Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

In 2012, Maine passed a law requiring that by 2018 all students would graduate with a proficiency-based diploma; the law then went through a major update in 2015-2016. Could we design a system that effectively and explicitly synchronizes the transcript document AND the diploma document?

System 93

System Assessment Guidelines Meeting 93

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

Gooru’s enhanced, free K-12 content will support a variety of innovative educational models and facilitate the growth of competency-based learning.”. In addition, Gooru offers a wiki-assessment system with millions of questions teachers can use to assess student learning. And this approach is growing.

Haiku Learning 40

Haiku Learning Competency Based Learning Wiki Common Core 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Are academic credentials simply assumed to represent relevant learning, or do they actually document and verify competencies with evidence of learning? First and Foremost, Focus on Learning. How do we get from educational “business as usual” to cultural changes, even transformation, that make learning central?

Competency Based Learning 40

Competency Based Learning MOOC Outcomes Analysis 40

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

On the platform, students were expected to do more than document what they learned; she wanted them to actively consider their audience when writing posts. She expected students to document their work, reach out to online communities, and to make real world connections that lead to possible employment or internships opportunities.

ePortfolio 95

ePortfolio Social Media Adobe Survey 95

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

However, teachers always maintain responsibility for assessing mastery. Finally, the idea of competency means that students are applying skills and knowledge to new situations. There is still more to be done to create a document that can fully shed light on the shadowy misconceptions about competency education.

Software 83

Software System Blended Learning Competency Based Learning 83

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The rubrics and learning targets are now fixtures in each Montpelier classroom. In the four-column rubric for precalculus assessment, Machnik explained what it would take to be “emerging,” “developing,” “proficient” and “exemplary” in trigonometric equations. Coen likes the new flexibility around assessment retakes.

Learning 83

Learning System Report Outcomes 83

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Whittle went on to have a string of business failures in the 1990s — well-documented in Samuel Abrams’s book The Commercial Mindset — most notably the for-profit flop Edison Schools.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

For decades, advocates of competency-based education have been arguing that colleges should award credits based on assessing what students know rather than how many hours they’ve spent in class. Look for achievable steps that point toward large-scale change to a competency-based system.

Education 101

Education Conference System Report 101