The shift towards competency-based education emphasizes critical thinking and real-world application. However, traditional ...

This article is part of the collection: Real Life Learning: An Up Close Look at Competency-Based Education. In Thomas County, Georgia, students who have struggled in the mainstream have found a home ...

Southern New Hampshire University's competency-based program, College for America, is opening up new options for the assessment of student learning. It's also turning the notion of the traditional ...

What would the testing experience be like if schools allowed students to show what they know whenever they’re ready, in a variety of ways that suit them, and in ways that are instructionally useful?

"Through entrustment-based supervision, we can introduce students to the realities of entry-level work, use the assessment components supporting entrustment for valuable feedback and to strengthen ...

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Educational Testing Service are teaming up to develop a new way to evaluate competency-based learning. The two organizations announced ...

Competency-based education is gaining steam, but questions remain about which forms the U.S. Department of Education will back. Scores of colleges are gearing up to offer new competency-based degrees.

Coined in the 1970s, competency-based learning is gaining converts and building enthusiasm in our K-12 education system, taking the focus off grades and seat time—and replacing it with an emphasis on ...

A Cleveland Clinic team has developed a competency-based simulation curriculum to improve surgical residents’ trauma resuscitation skills, replacing traditional experience-based training. Using ...

With leading institutions such as All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) exploring immersive technologies, how do ...