The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Lindsay Unified has seen significant improvement in academic achievement, graduation rates and the number of students going to college since it created a performance-based system in the mid-2000s. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Heyck-Williams says these conferences help families understand the grading system, as students sit down with the data to discuss their strengths and weaknesses. Wilhelm believes technology can help teachers quantify student outcomes, ensuring more buy-in to a competency-based model. Now we want to prove it works.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system. Sanborn Regional School District immediately saw the benefits of a competency-based system and began experimenting with the model.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”

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