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Why Mastery Based Learning is a Good Option

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Success in an MBL program is defined by the achievement of competencies , not intangible performance measures or student-to-student comparisons. If you use a system that spirals learning (like Everyday Math ), or circles back constantly on specific skills. When I read this article about it, I got pretty excited.

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Why There’s Little Consistency in Defining Competency-Based Education

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Enter competency-based learning (CBE), a term introduced in the 1970s when the U.S. I personally think that there needs to be a way to make comparisons across schools and districts,” says Horn. Even more troublesome is the notion of conflating CBE with online learning. How effective are policy levers?