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. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Nancy Walser for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Elsewhere in the classroom, an instructor knelt to chat with two boys engrossed in playing with blocks, while a second teacher supervised a group of five students as they completed worksheets. Students in a transitional kindergarten class at Washington Elementary, a K-8 school in the Lindsay Unified district, work in small groups.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

The virtual environment supported students with ADHD who might need to move around while learning. It enabled students with autism to ask and answer questions in the chat, if it was more comfortable, and to work with students in smaller groups in breakout rooms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Lincolnshire, IL & Washington, DC – 95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, today announced its 95 Phonics Core Program ® earned the Research-Based Design for Instructional Learning Products: Product Certification from Digital Promise. About 95 Percent Group.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

As reporter Linda Jacobson noted in the article, online learning has long been used in schools for subjects they couldn’t otherwise offer. But for this to occur, the use of online learning shouldn’t just be to pipe in a virtual teacher that delivers more one-size-fits-none, whole-group instruction. She cited A.P.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

Recent studies, including the Gates Foundation, the TNTP Project and Harvard research, all report failing grades from administrators and teachers alike, which is one certainty we can begin with. Only 40 percent of teachers’ value PD activities (TNTP) and few teachers (34 percent) think professional development has improved (Gates Foundation).

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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? Note: the Lumina Foundation is among the numerous funders of The Hechinger Report.)

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Neo LMS

MAY 21, 2019

Groups are also a nice feature to have, since you can send information that concerns parents of an entire class, for example. Edtech tools need to be intuitive and easy to use. In addition, a good platform has all the tools you need to communicate, whether it is by messaging, chat, notifications, and more.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

One is an expansion of a coalition of schools that share best practices, called the League of Innovative Schools; the other is a comprehensive report on the ways that competency-based learning initiatives have grown in the six New England states. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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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. ” one teacher reported hearing from her students. Over time, students reported being motivated by each other.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

This system of evaluation isolates the learning of content and mastery of skills from other factors, such as behavior.SBG takes on many different forms across the country. In any configuration, the setup and preparation take time, but educators report that the effort is worthwhile.

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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. 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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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2019

billion (RMB 241 billion) in contrast to a year earlier, according to a recent report by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology. Within the Chinese education sector, three sectors saw a concentration of investments: competency-based education; language learning; education “informazation.”. See full-size image.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Since the Reagan administration’s Nation at Risk, an alarmist and misleading report that has since been discredited , there has been a bipartisan attempt to break open the education “market” and put public school dollars into private pockets. It’s time to heed our warnings. Teachers want our field returned to us.

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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. As superintendent of Melrose Public Schools, Cyndy Taymore is leading a districtwide transition to competency-based education. MELROSE, Mass.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Its biggest divergence has to do with physical structure of where learners and teachers are spending the most time, and the disaggregation of the classroom and modification of the grade groupings. This breaks up the traditional age/grade groupings to make way for dynamic groupings based on individual progress.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

“[NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning. that of 'Grades,'” Earick writes in an upcoming report on the project. The program follows six key tenets: project-based learning, learner agency, whole person development, blended learning and competency-based assessment.

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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’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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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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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. Inquiry-based approach with project-based and problem-based learning activities. The results of that pilot will inform future purchasing decisions.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

The study, from nonprofit ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise and consulting firm Grunwald Associates, takes a detailed look at how teachers say they feel about professional development and competency-based micro-credentials.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By far, one of the most popular topics at the iNACOL conference in San Antonio last week was “competency-based learning"; out of the conference's approximately 200 sessions, 35 had the phrase in their title. . What exactly is competency-based learning? Check out Competency Works' description here.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

These systems also provide assessments, feedback and reporting tools, as well as automation and gamification, among many other features. ILPs take the analytics and reporting capabilities of LMSs one step further. Read more: 5 Must-have LMS reports for schools. Intelligent learning platform benefits for Higher Ed institutions.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Senior Remi Savard is part of the last class at Montpelier High School that experienced the system before the school’s switch to a proficiency-based model. Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). Michael Dougherty for The Hechinger Report. MONTPELIER, Vt.

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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. In addition to the platform, the company has also brought together 75 experts to form a group which they call the “talent cloud.”

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Rather than a traditional GPA, the group imagines a credit-based transcript , with links to artifacts that demonstrate students’ mastery across different competencies. When undergoing any departure from the norm, families are perhaps the most difficult group to persuade. “They just make sense.”.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. News & World Report , 2015). She explains, “We have a diverse group of learners, and this allows everyone on the team to collaborate and learn from one another.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

In a personalized learning environment, student needs drive the design of the learning. How you group students, spend time with students, deliver content and create the learning environment is adaptive. Prior to creating my innovative learning environment, my classroom was similar to others.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

We’re hoping you don’t see the report as something you read once and file away, but that you start using it to really start stimulating conversation.”. NMC/CoSN Horizons Report: K-12 Edition). Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Based on my years of experience as a child therapist—helping young people build stronger, sturdier, more purposeful and hopeful lives—I would define what Jamal brought to the room as. He was demonstrating great courage (another word for vulnerability) by standing in his truth and bringing it into the group. vulnerability.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

The group settled on four practices: communication, creativity, collaboration and self-direction. Academic skills were assessed continually and frequently throughout the year, while CARES skills were assigned a competency level once a trimester on a report card.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Conferences are not for reporting test scores. If some parents don’t understand the technology you’re using in class, pool the conference slots and have groups of parents come in for personalized training. I’ve come up with some suggestions for you to try ranging from simple to radical. In no particular order: 1.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Jackson directed the Carnegie Corporation’s Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents which produced the groundbreaking report Turning Points: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century, and co-authored the seminal follow-up blueprint Turning Points 2000, considered one of the most influential books on middle school reform.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

But, in general, students work at their own pace through worksheets, online lessons and small-group discussions with teachers. They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. Related: How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

After reading “The Power of Feedback,” a research report by John Hattie and Helen Timperley, we concluded that frequent and focused feedback was the key to empowering students to take charge of their learning. We decided to make some changes, but shifting our practices proved harder than we expected.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Why there’s no such thing as an average person Up until 2002, Rose reports that brain scientists believed that in brain imaging—the use of various techniques to directly or indirectly image brain structure—there was such a thing as an “average brain.” We each have unique ways that our brains retrieve information and create memory.".

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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