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Personalized Mastery-Based Learning: How to Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

Questions Answered on Today's Show What is competency-based (or mastery-based) learning? Nicki Slaugh, principal of Quest Academy, explains the concept of competency-based learning and how it differs from traditional education models. What are the common misconceptions about competency-based learning?

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Distinctly Equitable: How This Chicago School Makes Competency-Based Learning Work

Edsurge

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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New to Competency-Based Learning? Here're Five Ways to Assess It

Edsurge

According to a 2016 report by iNACOL, 36 states are currently investigating policy surrounding competency-based education. And as interest in this approach to teaching and learning increases, so does the need for assessments to support it. Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment.

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Unlocking the Spectrum of Learning: The Multi-Faceted Magic of Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

Principal Nicki Slaugh has engaged with her staff to create a shared vision and works tirelessly to provide support through feedback and professional learning. The consistent use of high-agency strategies and data has resulted in a myriad of ways to help address the needs of learners. It wasn't very easy for me at first.

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Your Ticket to More Effective Lessons

A Principal's Reflections

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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4 important lessons our school learned about competency-based learning

eSchool News

Of course, for schools to make the jump to competency-based education, they must adjust their pedagogy and learning systems in a manner that emphasizes student-centered and human-centric learning practices. So what school-wide practices support true competency-based education? Human-to-human relationships.

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How to close learning gaps with the help of an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

The type of technology that has the highest potential to do this is the intelligent learning platform (ILP). This AI-based tool offers different goal and progress tracking features, as well as competency-based learning tools and custom content recommendations. Use competency-based learning.