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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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

That’s why I’m a fan of personalized and competency-based learning environments, in which young people do learn these skills. Students assess their own strengths and weaknesses and set learning goals in partnership with their teachers. The recent announcement by the U.S.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

In 2011, a group of educators met at the Competency Based Learning Summit. During that Summit, the leaders identified five key tenets of Competency Based Learning (CBL): Students advance upon mastery. Competencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives that empower students.

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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.,

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2017

For teachers and school leaders with sound processes for a blended-learning program in place, they are looking for ways to double down on teacher-student relationships. For example, Jonathan Hanover of Roots Elementary in Colorado described how his school has wrestled with balancing personalization with the communal experience of school.

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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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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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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Educators would not only have the traditional acknowledgement, but they would also have a portable, evidence-based way to showcase their specific knowledge and skills. 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

Educators would not only have the traditional acknowledgement, but they would also have a portable, evidence-based way to showcase their specific knowledge and skills. Through this design work, we’re learning a few lessons: We need to support anywhere, anytime learning.

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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. Challenges to Mastery Learning.

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 122

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. Challenges to Mastery Learning.

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Handbook Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Assessment 118

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 26, 2022

The Profile was crucial in developing our current Strategic Leadership Plan for 2018-2022, where Personalized Learning is the top strand. But there is a difference when defining exhibitions in the context of CBE or as a high quality performance assessment. page 94).

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

From elementary school through high school and college, these tracks often become “ traps ” that reinforce systemic inequalities in our society. We can make mastery the outcome of learning and not a given amount of time in a classroom. Some individuals and institutions are already making these changes.

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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? There’s no way to assess mastery of complex activities. The rest is history.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Download and examine Ed Elements’ three models for elementary schools and its three models for secondary schools. They have a Personalized Learning Implementation Framework that guides users through 25 key areas of personalized learning. Framework: Ed Elements Charts a Clear Path. There’s more from Ed Elements.

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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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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

competency-based (a.k.a. standards-based) school for at-risk youth, pre-packaged curriculum and assessments offered very little flexibility for personalization or modification. This was at odds with my experience, because I relied extensively on edtech for assessments. Because I taught at a. Kiddom's Planner.

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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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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

To do that, the organization plans to work with the Educational Testing Service (ETS) — the folks behind standardized tests including the GRE and the Praxis — to create new tools designed to assess what students are able to do, not how much time they spent studying to do it. Colleges that are trying it have lessons to share.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Karin Hess, Jonathan Vander Els, and Brian Stack have recently published a wonderful new book Elevating Competency-Based Learning in a PLC at Work (full disclosure: I'm quoted in the introduction and first chapter!) and ran a helpful session about effective professional learning communities.

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