Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I’ve been able to see firsthand how school leaders are implementing exciting innovations that are accelerating high quality teaching and learning—things such as Open Education Resources (OER) , repurposing their spaces , completely overhauling how they assess a child’s growth by shifting to a competency-based learning model , among other things.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

During the spring of 2022, I met Nicki Slaugh , who serves as principal, and many of her staff at a school system where we were all there to facilitate professional learning on Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL). Rubrics were everywhere and accessible in Google Classroom.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 6, 2017

In a previous post I talked about competency-based learning and how this might be the ultimate approach to education. Students attend courses, do assignments, get credits and eventually graduate based on what they know, not on how much time it took them to gain that knowledge. Teachers will be the ones to.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They are consistent across classrooms, cumulative from year to year and competency-based (i.e., focused on elements such as “data practices” and “understanding and using algorithms”). CT pathways are system-wide K-12 programs supporting equitable participation in computational thinking.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

If you’re using an LMS, you may already have tapped into its competency-based learning features. This is a great way to measure students’ learning outcomes and how they’re mastering new subjects and notions. NEO Guide: Competency-based learning. Read more: Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

After unprecedented learning loss, growing disparities in educational outcomes and overall public dissatisfaction, the time is right for an education overhaul. A decade ago, barely half of all states had policies in place that allowed for personalized, competency-based learning. We should ask no less of ourselves.

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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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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

As K–12 institutions digitally progress, slow data sharing between parents, teachers and administrators is leaving all players increasingly frustrated as they are forced to wait for important information sent through what is quickly becoming an outdated system. Transfer Student Data Seamlessly Across Academic Careers.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And the digital transformation will honor learning that occurs outside of the classroom, allowing a shift to competency-based learning, perhaps using microcredentials and badges. Related: How to plan for a future of education where disruption is the norm.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But George and I recognize that higher ed is terrible at owning its own data. Even within institutions, we're terrible at data. And if we — as an industry, as a sector — don't get a better handle on our data, we will be reacting to other people's AI apps and approaches to us. We should own this as an industry.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 8, 2016

Enter micro-credentials : competency-based recognition for educator learning that is supported by digital badges. Four recent developments have set the stage for micro-credentials: #1 – Competency-based learning for students. 3 – Research base for a new approach to professional learning.

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Neo LMS

MAY 21, 2019

Read more: How to create accessible e-learning design. Build engagement through real-time data. Instead of end of year reports that are complicated and full of data, features such as competency-based learning give teachers and parents more insight into student progress and the main areas for improvement throughout the school year.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Terms such as “professional learning communities” and “data-based instruction” take the focus off of children as developing human beings, and force conversations to be about standardized data points from benchmark tests and high-stakes standardized assessments, which can dehumanize the way we address student needs.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 9, 2022

Moreover, when the competencies are set, students can self-monitor their learning, see their quiz results, and check their progress. The data an LMS collects also allows you to spot knowledge gaps and provide further support to your students. Competency-based learning helps you track student progress and identify learning gaps.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

But what has been left unsaid is how our current system of education works systematically against instilling these skills in students, and how we could naturally embed the development of grit in students—in a way that doesn’t talk explicitly about grit—by moving to a competency-based learning system. Are they despondent?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Personalized learning, competency-based learning and dynamic organizational design have shown promising results in school districts across the nation, according to a new report from Education Elements.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

For many, competency-based learning might have been the first thing to pop in their heads. But others might have considered challenge-based, community-based or even case-based learning. Cator’s organization has tried to brand CBL as challenge-based learning.) Department of Education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2017

OnTask’s success depends heavily on the quality (and quantity) of student data available. Institutions can gather data from several sources, including digital and real-life interactions. “We This data gets compiled and assessed, and we’re able to identify groups of students who display certain attributes.”

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 26, 2015

For the 2014-15 school year, Piedmont Middle School, in rural northeast Alabama, reimagined how its students learn by letting them progress based on their mastery of skills and standards. Teachers often felt overwhelmed by data. There were definitely doubts at first. And when they did give students space, some complained.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

“Digital Promise’s Research-Based Design Product Certification recognizes the edtech products that incorporate research about learning into their design and development. We design rigorous research studies, multifaceted data analytic reporting, and dynamic content to disseminate insights. Visit www.LXDResearch.com.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity to every student? As she puts it, competency-based learning “gives students the chance. Equity was a major driver in implementing competency based learning. It’s everyone getting what they need.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. Today, digital networks of information make access to data and areas of specialty ubiquitous, particularly in the scientific fields.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

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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EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

If we overlay this data with a recent Gallup Poll of one million students, half of which reported feeling disengaged at school, we connect the dots to the loss of autonomy and input as a consequence of our push for accountability. We also know that nearly half of all new teachers won’t make it past five years. With research from the U.S.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Imagine a world where an educator who spent years learning the nuances of data literacy could clearly signal that expertise to their colleagues, employers, and others. Through this design work, we’re learning a few lessons: We need to support anywhere, anytime learning.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Imagine a world where an educator who spent years learning the nuances of data literacy could clearly signal that expertise to their colleagues, employers, and others. Through this design work, we’re learning a few lessons: We need to support anywhere, anytime learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

The research, done in 2015, includes data from students taking remedial math courses on three different campuses of Arizona State University. In the courses, students used a tool called MyLab Math, a teaching and learning platform that uses digital content with other learning aids.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Behind the scenes, teachers are collecting notes and student performance data on specific standards. One week we are looking at ELA data, one week math data, one week we're at just performance task data, and then the fourth week of the month we're looking at our projects,” Allen explains.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2019

billion), according to data compiled by Mission EDU and Jingmeiti. Source: JMDedu Three of the biggest recent deals in competency-based learning have gone to companies that support teaching students to code: Hetao101 (Series A+ round worth $17.4 billion (RMB 12.51 That represents a year-over-year growth of 2.4

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

This panel brings together the leaders of the Verizon Innovative Learning School (VILS) program to discuss how they have successfully leveraged the 1:1 model in conjunction with student data plans for low-income middle schools. Competency-based Learning In Your District. Can Students Create VR? Short Answer: Yes!

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies. They’re on the lookout for digital programs that are designed specifically for middle school students, highly adjustable, and equipped with robust data tools for teachers.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2021

. “Digital Promise’s Research-Based Design product certification recognizes the edtech products that incorporate research about learning into their design and development. Congratulations to IXL Learning for demonstrating that research informs product design!”

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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. By the end of the pilot, we learned that there are some key factors worth further examination when designing a scalable quality assurance system with multiple learning providers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

In that sorting, we need better data on the table about who young people are. “The portfolio that emerges can be so robust that no admissions officer could make head or tail of it because the admissions officer has seven minutes,” Knowles says. “In We think that will give more young people more opportunities.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2018

With our new focus, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that have started to move to competency-based learning. For us, it starts by marrying the traditional, content-driven coursework with performance-based assessment.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

The idea is to chunk the college curriculum down into small modules and let students complete them at their own pace (with some big-data algorithms thrown in to help different students mix and match the components in customized ways). The board has been great at investing in new technologies.”

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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 started by marrying the traditional, content-driven course work with performance-based assessment.

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