Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Powerful ideas that seem simple in print quickly take on new, and potentially divergent, meanings as they are applied to policy and practice. Enter competency-based learning (CBE), a term introduced in the 1970s when the U.S. Figuring out which assessments that are appropriate for each competency takes work.

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Competency Based Learning Education Policies Assessment 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

Education policy should be top of mind as state policymakers continue their legislative work this spring. After unprecedented learning loss, growing disparities in educational outcomes and overall public dissatisfaction, the time is right for an education overhaul. Almost half say that they want to see bold changes taking place.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Personalized Learning Education 114

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

there is already talk about changing grading policies. Still, educators tend to be preconditioned to assign grades — not necessarily because we believe they best reflect our assessments of student learning and development but because our grading practices are what we are used to. One method is ongoing feedback.

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Competency Based Learning Assessment Report Policies 139

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

The pandemic really changed the policy conversation to more systemic shifts.” Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. The pandemic really changed the policy conversation to more systemic shifts.”. The vehicle that drives this is student engagement, not ‘Learn or I’ll hurt you,’ ” he added.

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 143

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

In particular, continuing education programs are less regulated, more responsive to industry and consumer needs, have less restrictive budget policies and procurement systems, operate under lower political pressure, and are often infused with the “startup mentality” that is critical for responding to and pioneering disruptive innovations.

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Competency Based Learning Education Trends MOOC 137

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Terms such as “professional learning communities” and “data-based instruction” take the focus off of children as developing human beings, and force conversations to be about standardized data points from benchmark tests and high-stakes standardized assessments, which can dehumanize the way we address student needs.

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Competency Based Learning Data Outcomes Professional Learning 215

eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

For-profit and nonprofit companies are also continuing to grow to fuel the microschool movement—from Wildflower School’s Montessori microschools to Acton Academy and Kaipod Learning. Education savings accounts Related to the parent-power trend is the growth of education savings accounts (ESAs)—with 13 states now having such policies.

Trends 122

Trends Assessment Competency Based Learning Outcomes 122

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Nueva has been teaching socio-emotional competencies since the sixties (originally billed as Self-Science). Today, they are committed to assessing students’ progress towards SEL mastery, which they see as essential to understanding where students are at—and to proving their SEL curriculum works. Assessing the assessments.

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Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 125

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back.

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 143

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

We have pushed many state districts to make significant policy changes that align with instructional and educational best practices, and have encouraged teachers, administrators, and districts to innovate educational systems design. Why does there have to be only one, summative, cookie-cutter diploma for all kids? .

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System Assessment Guidelines Meeting 135

MindShift

JULY 9, 2015

If a student fails to learn a skill, he or she accepts that result and moves on to the next topic with the rest of the class. Competency-based learning, on the other hand, insists on mastery of subjects and provides students the time to learn; the students are not marched past failure.

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Competency Based Learning Learning System Assessment 28

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Framework for the Future of Learning. Our current approach of summative assessments has few fans. It is burdensome and takes big chunks of time away from learning. At conferences on education policy and innovation we have heard the system referred to as an “albatross” and the “tail that wags the dog.” Source: ReSchool).

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System Competency Based Learning Education Assessment 60

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The practice of funding public schools and assessing student engagement based on a student’s physical attendance is rooted in this definition and has only reinforced what is an outmoded idea. They develop learning experiences that incorporate demonstrations of learning and mastery.

Dropout 60

Dropout Competency Based Learning Differentiated Instruction Online Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. Mastery-based learning, also known as proficiency-based or competency-based learning, is taking hold across the country. Government policy has also contributed to its adoption. Students at M.S.

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Learning Common Core System Groups 110

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.

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Competency Based Learning Learning Industry Groups 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The rubrics and learning targets are now fixtures in each Montpelier classroom. In the four-column rubric for precalculus assessment, Machnik explained what it would take to be “emerging,” “developing,” “proficient” and “exemplary” in trigonometric equations. Coen likes the new flexibility around assessment retakes.

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Learning System Report Outcomes 99

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Stakeholders who determine the value to credentials and competencies are more concerned with competency-based learning (CBL), which is a broader concept than CBE. (For For analysis of what makes competencies and credentials valid and relevant, see Quality Dimensions for Connected Credentials.)

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Competency Based Learning MOOC Outcomes Analysis 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

They are a good resource for states, districts and schools to start the conversation about the new policies and practices that need to be put in place. Summative assessments evaluate learning achievement and are graded; summative-assessment scores record a student’s level of proficiency at a specific point in time.

Learning 40

Learning Comparison Assessment Policies 40

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. There is value in peer groups, in learning to collaborate at school.”

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Classroom Learning Company Assessment 217

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Advanced technology can now support more ambitious modes of teaching, learning, and assessment. Meanwhile, record-level student absenteeism, teacher shortages, and the latest learning science research serve as unequivocal reminders that the time for change is now.

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Learning Data Trends Industry 128

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

For decades, advocates of competency-based education have been arguing that colleges should award credits based on assessing what students know rather than how many hours they’ve spent in class. We're continually revising policy. AMELIA ISLAND, FLA. — And faculty are not always sold.

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Education Conference System Report 151

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. The sale, the FTC contended, would violate ConnectEDU’s own privacy policy, and it requested that users be notified so they could request their data be destroyed.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145