Tag: competency
Five Ways Learner Profiles Can Promote Competency-Based Education
Imagine a parent and student have access to and control of information about the student and could choose when and how to share that information with other stakeholders. Imagine that it is not only available 24 hours a…
Read More »Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts
In May 2014, CompetencyWorks brought together twenty-three technical assistance providers to examine their catalytic role in implementing next generation learning models, share each other’s knowledge and expertise about blended learning and competency education, and discuss next steps to…
Read More »Making Sense (or Trying to) of Competencies, Standards and the Structures of Learning
States, districts, and schools are developing a range of different ways to structure their Instruction and Assessment system (the set of learning goals of what schools want students to know and be able to do; the way they…
Read More »Competency-Based Approaches in K-12 Schools, Part Two
In this second post on schools’ approaches to competency-based education, I’m highlighting one NGLC grantee that has committed its model to a larger goal: positive multigenerational change. Read on to learn more about how LA’s USC Hybrid High…
Read More »Competency-Based Education Approaches in K-12 Schools, Part One
Competency-based education (CBE) isn’t just gaining ground in higher ed: a number of K-12 educators from across the country are now embracing the approach—with promising results. In this first post of a two-part series, you’ll learn how…
Read More »Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders
Today, CompetencyWorks released Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. It is a comprehensive look at how districts across the country from Alaska to Maine have been transforming their districts from the time-based system to…
Read More »Step By Step, the Journey Towards Freedom From Grade Levels
While the competency-base system measures learning and progression very differently from traditional models based on time, classrooms at Sanborn don’t look as different as one might think. A lot of instruction is project-based because teachers are no longer…
Read More »Are Digital Badges a New Measurement of Mastery?
Across the globe, higher ed institutions and professional organizations are harnessing the power of digital badges to motivate, demonstrate, and validate learning and development (L&D). Digital badges are currently in use at postsecondary institutions such as MIT and…
Read More »What Does a School Need to Enable Learning Based on Student Competency?
Many teachers have long been frustrated with static, canned curriculum that doesn’t seem connected to kids’ lives, and testing requirements that drive the learning experience. So they, often in partnership with daring leaders, are pushing back, trying to…
Read More »Competency-Based Education: The Ripple Effects of Taking Assessment to the Next Level
The excitement about CBE is justified. CBE gives shape and direction to the long overdue need to personalize learning in higher education; it allows students to progress at their own pace; it incorporates the practice of prior learning…
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