A Fundamental Flaw in Competency Learning. By Cathie Norris, Elliot Soloway; 07/13/15; The “competency learning" movement is gaining serious momentum: See the list of schools and districts that are ...

Competency-based education is an approach in higher education that focuses on learning as the constant rather than time - what students can do with what they know. It began in the 1960s as a way to ...

Competency-based education gained traction in 2000, when some states, including New Hampshire and Rhode Island, ... CBE, also sometimes known as mastery-based learning or education, ...

Competency-based school models have the potential to better prepare young people for the innovation economy. ... 12 Onramps for Personalized and Competency-based Learning; ...

Competency-based education programs grant credentials (diplomas, degrees, and certificates) based on what a student knows. Student learning is measured in multiple ways that are not dependent on ...

Competency-based learning is an update for an ‘on-demand’ world. We have undergone a districtwide transition to standards-based grading and reporting over the last five years.

Simply put, competency-based education measures learning rather than seat time. In a traditional school, you have to complete three credit hours for Accounting 101. Tennessee's workforce must be ...

When Krista Stalzer gave her class of fourth graders their first science assessment as part of a pilot program at her school in Epping, New Hampshire… ...

Social-emotional learning, or SEL, is an educational framework based in neuroscience that is designed to increase emotional competency and behavior wellness in children across a range of ages. In ...