A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2022

In simple terms, these are ungraded formative assessments that assess what students learned during the course of the lesson. A recent visit to Quest Academy Junior High School, where I began longitudinal work on personalized competency-based learning (PCBL), got me thinking more deeply about this strategy.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It’s no longer what happens in the learning environment, but what happens when edtech comes into the mix and how we can enrich that environment. Here are a few ideas on using edtech to promote growth mindset: Showing progress through competency-based learning. Read more: The PROs and CONs of competency-based learning.

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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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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

; Divide the class into small groups (see Zoom breakout rooms ) and have Teaching Assistants work with them to check for understanding; Organize debates in which students have to defend their position (debate assignments). This step helps you identify what needs to be re-taught, so students don’t start new lessons with many knowledge gaps.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

An ILP is a hybrid learning platform that combines two already established systems — learning management systems (LMSs) and learning experience platforms (LXPs). These systems also provide assessments, feedback and reporting tools, as well as automation and gamification, among many other features. LMS-related features.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This is an excellent way of identifying if there are any sections that students might be struggling with, for example, an assessment that they can’t get past. Read more: What works for tracking student progress in online learning. Assessment analytics. Read more: Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

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. The program follows six key tenets: project-based learning, learner agency, whole person development, blended learning and competency-based assessment.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2023

A good LMS allows teachers to create and share content remotely, work collaboratively with students, create groups, and tailor their instruction to meet individual needs. A research study my team conducted found that schools that did not already have an LMS in place struggled during emergency remote learning.

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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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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Usually microlearning means a very small, bite-sized chunk of learning material, which is typically a video. There’s no quizzes, there’s no discussion groups, there’s no interactive sessions, which is more like a full blown course. Competency-based learning. Want to learn more?

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 6, 2019

An LMS can have multiple types of assignments, from quizzes to essays, from group projects to online debates. It is important to have many assessment types if you want to keep everything online. Plus, an LMS offers flexible options such as non-graded assessments. Read more: The PROs and CONs of competency-based learning.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

What’s more, they even take ownership of their learning and get involved in everything the process implies: setting the tasks, the problem-solving process, the learning environment and resources, and the assessment stage. With authentic learning there is no predetermined outcome. Open-ended inquiry.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Ideally, integration with our assessments. For those who may not know that concept, what is your elevator pitch for mastery learning? After a little bit of lecture and homework for a couple of weeks, you give an assessment. I view competency-based learning as a form of mastery learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

The pandemic unleashed “tremendous interest” in revisiting assessments, said Jean-Claude Brizard, president and chief executive officer of Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization that promotes innovation in education. The vehicle that drives this is student engagement, not ‘Learn or I’ll hurt you,’ ” he added. And Daniel A.

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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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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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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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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

JANUARY 20, 2020

Of course, a grading overhaul like this requires a huge shift in a school’s approach to teaching and assessment. Waterford uses Edulastic to create standards-tied assessments and track student progress. To those who are considering SBG, Scola says, “I think it’s important to look at every assessment from a standard-based standpoint.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2017

“We use data from learning management systems, student information systems, discussion forums, assessments and observation to build a model of the student,” Siemens says. 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

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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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. They test new strategies.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

When federal dollars incentivize new reforms, such as outcomes or competency-based education, consultancy groups, such as the Marzano Corp., conveniently tailor their offerings accordingly. We are long overdue to return to the philosophies of John Dewey, and those who are true experts of child psychology and neuroscience.

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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 16, 2019

He’s started working with more schools and districts—instead of reaching students mainly at home—and has partnered with assessment groups, such as the College Board and, most recently, the NWEA for personalized test prep materials. The latter group administers the MAP Assessment—a test designed to measure growth in reading and math.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2021

The concept is designed to improve college access and degree completion, especially for people who pursue higher education part-time— a group that historically has had low graduation rates. The strategy is somewhat similar to one that some online colleges have tried themselves by planting their own hybrid campus locations.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

The proficiency-based model is closely related to competency-based learning, where students are grouped with those who are closest to their language abilities, regardless of age or seat time. I eventually decided to put aside my planned activities to address this elephant in the room: placement.

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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. Instead, we aim to categorize students by year one, year two, and so on.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

I asked a variety of questions about their perception of the instruction and assessment practices we had shifted to, the types of feedback they received and how they felt about the class. They self-assess and give themselves a grade, which goes in the gradebook as long as it’s reasonable. Then I ask my students to make meaning of it.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

Easy-to-use, video communication tools, like Zoom, Flipgrid, and VoiceThread enable one-on-one and small group conversations, regardless of geographic location. When students learn online, technology is the medium used to create content, assess learning, and foster interpersonal communications.

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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. Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The learning model Dr. Martin presented is known as Competency-Based Learning, and one key aspect is that learners “articulate” their own progress toward competencies. Her areas of expertise include teacher preparation and curriculum development with a focus in equitable learning for diverse students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 16, 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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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system. The group settled on four practices: communication, creativity, collaboration and self-direction.

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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

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. He rejects the notion that students have learned something simply because they can pass a series of assessments.

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