Education Week

Grading for Growth Through Competency-Based Education

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 ...
EdSurge

Are Post-Pandemic Campuses Finally Ready for Competency-Based Education?

Competency-based education is one of those big ideas about how to reshape education that’s been around for a while. And fans of the approach say this time of change occasioned by the pandemic is a ...
Post and Courier

BCSD approves competency-based curriculum to keep students from falling behind

The Berkeley County School Board has unanimously approved implementing a three-year pilot program for competency-based learning at one school in Berkeley County. Next school year, Westview Elementary ...
Business Insider

University of Maryland Global Campus Goes Beyond Traditional Transcript to Articulate Competency-based Learner Achievements with Parchment Award - CLR Services

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Parchment, the industry leader in academic credentials management, and University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), the largest online public university ...
Post and Courier

BCSD approves implementing competency-based curriculum at Goose Creek school

The Berkeley County School Board has unanimously approved implementing a three-year pilot program for competency-based learning at one school in Berkeley County. Next school year, Westview Elementary ...