Competency Based Learning Conference Policies Report 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 13, 2021
Teachers used those colorful pathways in a competency-based system to track what each student had learned — and hadn’t learned — in real time. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. The pandemic really changed the policy conversation to more systemic shifts.” It’s a view that’s catching on.
MindShift
JULY 9, 2015
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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Edsurge
OCTOBER 8, 2019
The schools we’re working with, they report what they’ve implemented, and it’s beyond amazing. Source: KnowledgeWorks Personalized Learning Resources. State Policy Frameworks for Personalized Learning. They'll be running a workshop on navigating the future of learning at EdSurge Fusion. We’re seeing it already.
eSchool News
AUGUST 29, 2016
Earlier this year, the Rhode Island-based Highlander Institute and the Clayton Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. This time is helping to prevent burnout and helping teachers learn to let go of what they’ve always done,” he said.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 10, 2020
Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Students get more control over what and how they learn and take more responsibility for their progress. Teachers also change their grading policies.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
It is burdensome and takes big chunks of time away from learning. At conferences on education policy and innovation we have heard the system referred to as an “albatross” and the “tail that wags the dog.” The ultimate goal is to use public policy to create the system we are building. (Source: ReSchool).
techlearning
MAY 29, 2018
In addition, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that has started to move to competency-based learning. We’re also working to report on students’ mastery of skills with progress levels, rather than a traditional report card at the end of each semester.
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