Competency Based Learning Elementary How To Policies 
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 5, 2023
They want step-by-step guidance on how to tackle challenges. That’s why I’m a fan of personalized and competency-based learning environments, in which young people do learn these skills. One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated.
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
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.,
Edsurge
APRIL 18, 2023
But neither the endorsement of powerful entities nor the enactment of new education policies assures that the push to create a skills-based education system will run like, er, clockwork. Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. Embracing Flexibility?
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Related: How to plan for a future of education where disruption is the norm. 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.
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. How exactly have you switched up the grade level structure?
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. Students get more control over what and how they learn and take more responsibility for their progress.
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