In his Sept. 14 piece, “The Danger With Giving Students Feedback,” Alfie Kohn cites a 2020 Duke study which found that the traditional practice of grading can damage student motivation and performance ...

Tom Rooney sees competency-based education—supported by digital learning tools—as the path to building a better school district. The superintendent of the 4,200-student Lindsay Unified School District ...

The rigors of an interconnected, global society have changed the way in which schools need to approach student success. In previous generations, the “organize and sort” method, typified by an A-F ...

Schools that have or are planning to adopt competency-based learning have access to a new report that offers guidance in how to assess student progress. In 42 pages "Progress and Proficiency: ...

The traditional approach to formal education ties students to classrooms. Degrees are earned based on accumulated credits, a system developed in 1906 as an attempt to measure how much time a student ...

With up to 600 colleges working to create competency-based education programs, a new report examines the business model for this emerging approach to higher education, finding significant savings ...

What exactly is competency-based learning? Check out Competency Works' description here. Competency-based learning (CBL) refers to the notion of allowing learners to acquire credits based on goals ...

In a recent whitepaper from Cornerstone OnDemand, they explain how learning and performance with observation checklists can help with healthcare compliance and competency. Healthcare providers face ...