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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Competency Based Learning Policies Personalized Learning Education 94

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 132

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. . Mastery Learning is defined as: An approach to classroom instruction that empowers every student at every level to progress with confidence. Learn more and register here!

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 118

Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. Mastery Learning is defined as: An approach to classroom instruction that empowers every student at every level to progress with confidence. Learn more and register here!

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 122

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H.,

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 141

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Avery Bencal is a fourth grader at Winthrop Elementary School in Melrose, Massachusetts. Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Lewis has been one of the district’s most enthusiastic adopters of competency-based education. MELROSE, Mass.

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Competency Based Learning Learning Elementary Report 117

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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Competency Based Learning Learning Assessment Groups 82

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Download and examine Ed Elements’ three models for elementary schools and its three models for secondary schools. Framework: Ed Elements Charts a Clear Path.

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Education Elements Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Blended Learning 60

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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Competency Based Learning Data Policies Accessibility 107

Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

And the programs don’t come with the kind of data our teachers want for the competency-based learning approach we’re taking. “We first piloted an adaptive math program with elementary school students. We liked what we saw so we decided to make it available to all elementary schools in the district.

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Robotics Education Competency Based Learning Program Evaluation 120

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels.

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Assessment Elementary Data Groups 160

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

By thinking about educators more inclusively than classroom teachers, we can frame pedagogical competencies in ways that are as meaningful to high school physics teachers as museum educators working with groups of elementary students.

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Digital Badges Education Competency Based Learning Assessment 120

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

By thinking about educators more inclusively than classroom teachers, we can frame pedagogical competencies in ways that are as meaningful to high school physics teachers as museum educators working with groups of elementary students.

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Digital Badges Competency Based Learning Education Assessment 120

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. Embracing Flexibility? Picture a high school student who balances his studies with a variety of other responsibilities and activities. Maybe he works at a part-time job when the school day ends, showing his diligence and drive.

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Classroom Learning Company Assessment 215

eSpark

AUGUST 4, 2021

Digital Promise is a nonprofit organization at the forefront of accelerating innovation within education and closing the digital learning gap.

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Competency Based Learning EdTech Online Learning Digital Learning 52

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws. Lakya Taylor-Washington, Principal of Summit Elementary School in McComb.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Common Core Elementary 81

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. So that was a great way from an elementary standpoint to use FlipSnack. Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack.

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EdTech Tools Libraries Google 173

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

From elementary school through high school and college, these tracks often become “ traps ” that reinforce systemic inequalities in our society. Often as early as fourth or fifth grade students are sorted into different “tracks” for math with different paces, levels of depth, and unspoken expectations of student long term success.

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Learning System Outcomes Elementary 162

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

In my visits to elementary, middle, and high schools around the country this past academic year, here are five tips I took away for how educators can get beyond the buzz to implementation. My visit to Maple Hill Elementary School in the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, NY blew that notion to shreds.

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Blended Learning Competency Based Learning Elementary Course 109

Tech Helpful

APRIL 29, 2016

Today as the elementary school ended its field day with the ever famous grade level four way tug-of-war, like always I played my obligatory role of chief encourager of a team. I find myself being more and more challenged to create learning environments like that. This year it was team green. You can do it!" "Dig Dig in" etc.

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Competency Based Learning Assessment Elementary Study 44

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

At the beginning of the year, Layla and her parents were concerned that her classes would be too easy for her; she had excelled at everything in elementary school and is both self reflective and motivated. Take a student of ours named Layla.

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Classroom Blended Learning Flipped Classroom Course 217

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s easy to get excited about the virtues of mastery, or competency-based, learning. What’s not to like about a system that guarantees that students learn, as opposed to one that is focused on the amount of time students sit in seats?

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Learning Competency Based Learning Assessment System 96

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

But at Memorial Elementary School , one of two elementary schools in New Hampshire’s Sanborn Regional School District , administrators and teachers are given the freedom to experiment with cutting-edge ideas not in spite of district and state guidelines, but because of them.

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Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 80

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Roots Elementary School in Denver, Colo. is a seasoned pro at implementing personalized and competency-based models. Students at Roots Elementary are not constrained by grade levels and instead learn in an open area called “ the Grove ” (pictured below).

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Personalized Learning iLearn Learning Dropout 60

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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Learning Exercises Course Meeting 172

Tech Helpful

MARCH 27, 2017

Access to information is at the fingertips of our students (even in elementary school). How do we make sure students are learning how to use tools beyond technology? elementary? Is this why project based learning, cross-curricular integrated units, genius hour, and personalized learning is becoming significantly more popular?

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Digital Citizenship Competency Based Learning Google Elementary 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

Student learner pathways are customized based on students’ strengths, weaknesses and goals; and learning experiences vary. Competency based learning allows students to increase ownership and responsibility in their learning and choice in their pacing. Students also have the ability to work at their own pace.

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Blended Learning Classroom Blendspace Learning 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Again, although I am no expert, the research suggests that a strong foundation of knowledge is critical for future learning and meaningful participation in and contribution to society (but it’s also not sufficient, which is why developing deeper skills and dispositions are so important—a false either-or from which we need to move away).

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Personalized Learning Learning Education Competency Based Learning 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Plus, the available content was designed around how much time I’d spend teaching it versus what I actually needed to get students adept at learning the topic at hand. If that sounds like a lot of work, it was.

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Khan Academy Assessment Differentiated Instruction EdTech 60

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

No matter if we’re talking about kindergartens, elementary schools, high schools or colleges and universities, the need for a learning platform that offers personalized learning experiences for each student is all too real. The pixie dust tying everything together: Competencies. NEO Guide: Competency-based learning.

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Personalized Learning Learning Assessment Competency Based Learning 386

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2022

Indeed, if the phrase conjures up images of a junior high science fair with trifold presentation boards, homemade dioramas and solar system mobiles, or perhaps cute elementary students dressed up as famous people for a living wax museum, you would be forgiven. From a certain perspective, student exhibitions are not new.

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Assessment Competency Based Learning Examples Personalized Learning 52

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Other features and functionality include interactive puzzles, word-free block based programming, different stages for all learners, and more. Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 70

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.”

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46