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New to Competency-Based Learning? Here're Five Ways to Assess It

Edsurge

According to a 2016 report by iNACOL, 36 states are currently investigating policy surrounding competency-based education. And as interest in this approach to teaching and learning increases, so does the need for assessments to support it. Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment.

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Steps to Help Schools Transform to Competency-Based Learning

MindShift

If a student fails to learn a skill, he or she accepts that result and moves on to the next topic with the rest of the class. Competency-based learning, on the other hand, insists on mastery of subjects and provides students the time to learn; the students are not marched past failure.

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Goodbye ABCs: How One State is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments

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The program follows six key tenets: project-based learning, learner agency, whole person development, blended learning and competency-based assessment. Behind the scenes, teachers are collecting notes and student performance data on specific standards.

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Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

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I’m not keen on public data walls to achieve this, because I’ve witnessed students get demoralized after tracking their performance against peers in public spaces. How to integrate social emotional learning —plus a guide to SEL. How to implement blended learning —plus a guide to blended learning.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

The result was the adoption of “a learner centered, personalized, competency-based” approach that allows students to meet learning goals on their own terms, Rooney said. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning. Does it work?

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

Manager of Blended Learning. And the programs don’t come with the kind of data our teachers want for the competency-based learning approach we’re taking. ” John Rice. District of Columbia Public Schools. It seems like it’s really built for high school students. ” Jerry Snow.

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Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

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They develop learning experiences that incorporate demonstrations of learning and mastery. Online learning offers educators access to a wealth of learning data to guide their teaching and assessment of student performance.

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