Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

One of the challenges in trying out new learning strategies, including those that embrace technology, is that schools have a tough time finding out which new methods work best – which ones actually help kids learn. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. based nonprofit organization, for five years.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

As a former New York City high school teacher, I know that parent-teacher conferences seldom provide parents with enough time to process what their children learned, what they’re interested in, and what needs improvement. Three student-centered strategies. How to integrate social emotional learning —plus a guide to SEL.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Mary Earick, project director for NG2, says the purpose of the program is to create more flexible learning pathways for students through “competency-based multiage schooling,” which allows students to move on to new objectives only after mastering others. “[NG2]

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2016

The goal of the event was to focus on the practical elements of blended and personalized learning by surfacing the tactics that practitioners were deploying in the trenches. Innovators stressed that without effective change management, the best technology tools and the most elegant personalized learning models will come up short.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. Part of the work was supporting state and district leaders in developing a strategy for how to make the changes, and part of the work was helping them tell their story.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems. The Every Student Succeeds Act begins to create room for states to use a more expansive set of learning providers and to report student success in a variety of ways.

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