Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2018

So what school-wide practices support true competency-based education? Competency-based learning requires a much closer relationship between student and teachers. When a student feels seen and understood by an adult, their ability to engage in the intricacies of a competency-based program increases exponentially.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

When a competency-based approach to assessment is in place, students must show what they know as well as what they can do. No more just showing up for class and meeting the seat time requirements. According to a 2016 report by iNACOL, 36 states are currently investigating policy surrounding competency-based education.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. Olivia Mone, Melrose High School senior on competency-based learning. “It Acevedo sees teacher buy-in as evidence that competency-based learning is working in Melrose. “I

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

There are pathways that genuinely personalize learning for all students and there are uniform approaches that only focus on one aspect of high-agency practices. While Quest had the best competency-based learning at scale I have ever seen in practice, which they established independently, Nicki saw opportunities to grow in other areas.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2022

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. While visiting classrooms with Nicki, we saw a slew of outstanding practices in action.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

As Susan Patrick, president and CEO of iNACOL explains, effective technology is an important part of designing a competency-based system, but “just layering technology over the old model won’t help you meet the need of all of our students.” For resources and information about competency-based learning systems, visit iNACOL.org.

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Neo LMS

MAY 10, 2022

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.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

During the spring of 2022, I met Nicki Slaugh , who serves as principal, and many of her staff at a school system where we were all there to facilitate professional learning on Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL). Our entire school culture is based on always reaching for better.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

A 2017 Medium post from the Office of Educational Technology laments the lack of clarity about the term “personalized learning”: “The lack of a consistent definition and language for a relatively complex idea has hampered both understanding and effective ­implementation,” the article states. K–12 Departments Must Find Common Ground.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2025

For example, instead of saying they took a speech class, they can break down the specific skills they learned or had to use, such as public speaking, critical thinking and research. This does not necessarily mean changing what you teach, but it does mean considering how you are meeting workforce needs.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It can be challenging to assess their responses in a live meeting since you also have to teach, and sometimes there are frequent interruptions. Aim for a high success rate. A high success rate means that students’ answers are mostly correct — around 80% of the time.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Competence. Students need to be challenged by schoolwork and know that expectations are high, but they also need a sense of competence — a feeling that they are equipped to meet these challenges and standards. Read more: The PROs and CONs of competency-based learning. Conclusion.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 6, 2023

Some districts seek to expand their LMS use, while others evaluating whether tools like Google Classroom or Seesaw are sufficient to meet their community’s needs. 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.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Both students had the same rubric with the same competencies and standards to meet, but they were given the flexibility to show mastery of those competencies. That’s what competency-based education is about – giving students a voice in how they show what they’ve learned.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

1EdTech Consortium members meet throughout the year to expand the use and value of microcredentials, share real-world examples of how they work, and improve standards and frameworks to better meet the needs of all stakeholders.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

3 Core aspects of a personalized learning platform. A personalized learning platform can support teachers in meeting the needs of each and every one of their students, no matter if we’re talking about classes of 15 preschoolers or 15,000 university students. The pixie dust tying everything together: Competencies.

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Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2021

Teaching ensures performance, personalized learning , alternative learning pathways, self-paced learning, adjustment of content, and continuous support. Read more: The PROs and CONs of competency-based learning. Schools personalize learning to meet learners where they are emotionally and performance-wise.

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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. We set out to meet that challenge and better understand the extent to which personalized, competency-based learning could prepare our learners for an uncertain future.

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Neo LMS

MAY 21, 2019

For example, during a parent-teacher meeting, you can set up a session in which to explain which tools you plan to use for the entire school year and what are the benefits for students. Teachers need some training themselves before using new tools. Parents should also benefit from the same guidance, especially at first.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

I was actively learning how to become more responsive to the cultures and languages of my immigrant and refugee students, to help develop and sustain their rich and complex multicultural identities, and to attend to their social and emotional learning. This is a unique moment in teaching and learning, and this moment is ours to seize.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Co-designed with six districts (from six different states) who have all developed their own CT pathway, the course adapts Digital Promise’s CT Pathways Toolkit , based on a three-fold process: plan, build and implement. We live in an increasingly technological and computational world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2019

In MBL, students are given multiple opportunities to improve work that doesn’t meet expected standards. Student achievement is evaluated against school learning standards and performance expectations. Assessments are competency-based and referenced to school learning criteria. What is MBL.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2022

Some say it’s time to finally commit to scalable personalized learning. Not only do we need to meet kids individually where they are, but we also have to ease the burden that teachers face. EdSurge: How can curriculum providers help schools address teacher burnout and reduce gaps in student learning?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The teachers get dashboards that help them keep track of these multiple paths that all of these students are on, and are able to do focused interventions for the students who are still struggling, even if the interventions on Khan Academy aren't fully meeting their needs, they can have one-on-one time, small group times. Can you write well?

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EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

The delivery method including video platforms, in-services, self-determined learning, and PD Communities require ongoing validation to ensure a greater return on investment (ROI). With research from the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Synchronous Works Better For Some Students Than For Others Holding an online class via a live video platform like Zoom or Google Meet can closely resemble an in-person classroom dynamic. One free online course on that topic is Learning How to Learn , and a key concept is developing habits to seek out new knowledge and skills on your own.

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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. Yet inflexibility is a hallmark of our current education system, apparent in our failure to meet the diverse learning needs of all our children.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Maria Montessori created a curriculum for individualized, competency-based learning a century before any of these terms became buzzwords. However, philanthropically-funded preschools will not be enough to meet the needs of all American three and four-year-olds. I think I get it. They deserve it!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

Continuing education programs arose in the 19th century to meet the critical workforce and social needs of the time. The good news is that many continuing education programs are building on their legacies and stepping up.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 21, 2022

Carrying out projects successfully is related to the ability to anticipate the amount of time needed to complete a task, especially when there are deadlines to meet. Regardless of deadlines, students have to learn how to be as productive as possible in a given time frame. Time management.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 26, 2015

For the 2014-15 school year, Piedmont Middle School, in rural northeast Alabama, reimagined how its students learn by letting them progress based on their mastery of skills and standards. ” Early on, she still taught to the whole class, picking lessons that would meet as many students’ needs as possible.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The district convened a series of meetings with teachers, school leaders, parents, city officials and community members to discuss what kind of educational system the community needed. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Enter competency-based learning (CBE), a term introduced in the 1970s when the U.S. The core promise of CBE, she says, is to create a system where teachers can provide the instructional support meet all students’ needs, regardless of where they are at. Some terms, including “open,” get appended to specific use cases.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Once considered a boutique form of education overly reliant on technology, competency-based education is increasingly seen as a way to solve a host of problems with traditional schooling, problems that became more apparent when learning went virtual. At the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester, N.H., The response?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

With more college students now considered nontraditional than traditional, higher education institutions have been scrambling to shift their models to better meet their needs. Many have turned to competency-based education, known as CBE, to reach the increasingly important returning adult learner.

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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. That was another hard question we had to confront when it was asked by a Spanish teacher at a department meeting not long ago.

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