What if a child is unable to reach the mastery level? What do you think can be CBE’s negative impact on a child’s self-efficacy?
These are one of these types of questions where we hold the new shiny bright innovation up to a number of important questions but can easily forget to ask the same of the traditional system…… Read More
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What is the role of summative assessment?
Such a good question. I didn’t have an answer to this until I visited Champlain Valley Unified High School (CVU) on behalf of Mastery Transcript Consortium last fall.
CVU has intentionally and thoughtfully aligned grading policy with the goal of maximizing learning…… Read More
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What countries are implementing competency-based education? Is there any insight into the cultures that are more aligned with it?
This question isn’t easy to answer in that the term “competency education” has slightly different meanings around the world. If the question is, how many countries are advancing towards personalized,….. Read More
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How do teachers manage a community of learners when students are all at different levels?
This is a question that comes up a lot because it is so hard to imagine a different way of doing things.
To start answering this question: remember that teachers already have classrooms where students are at different levels…… Read More
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Competency-based education and its partner, personalized learning, are expanding across the U.S as well as in pockets of innovation around the world.
Below are short case studies from schools in the U.S. and in Aotearoa New Zealand to give you a feel for what a personalized, competency-based approach to education can look like…… Read More
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This post is part of the series Road Trip to Maine. This is the first of a four-part look at Casco Bay High School. Read Tips and Takeaways (Part 1), Learning as Exploration (Part 2), The What and HOW of Learning, and We Will Shape our School by our Learning (Part 4)…… Read More
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Locations: Maine
This post is part of the series Road Trip to Maine. This is the fourth of a four-part look at Casco Bay High School. Read Tips and Takeaways (Part 1), Learning as Exploration (Part 2), The What and HOW of Learning, and We Will Shape our School by our Learning (Part 4). ….. Read More
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Locations: Maine
This post is part of the series Road Trip to Maine. This is the second of a four-part look at Casco Bay High School. Read Tips and Takeaways (Part 1), Learning as Exploration (Part 2), The What and HOW of Learning, and We Will Shape our School by our Learning (Part 4)…… Read More
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Locations: Maine
This post is part of the series Road Trip to Maine. This is the third of a four-part look at Casco Bay High School. Read Tips and Takeaways (Part 1), Learning as Exploration (Part 2), The What and HOW of Learning, and We Will Shape our School by our Learning (Part 4). ….. Read More
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Locations: Maine
This is the fifth article in the series on Mastery Education in Idaho. Links to the other articles can be found below.
Greenhurst Elementary School in Nampa School District a bit outside of Boise is well into their journey toward mastery-based learning…… Read More
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Locations: Idaho
All the photos of students actively engaged in learning are courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.
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