When Success is the Only Option: Designing Competency-Based Pathways for Next Generation Learning
November 22, 2010
CHRIS STURGIS AND SUSAN PATRICK
Competency-based policy is often described simply as flexibility in awarding credit, or an alternative to the Carnegie unit. However, this does not capture the depth of transformation of a system shifting from a time-based system to a learning-based system.
This report explores the driving forces behind competency-based innovations and implementation issues, and highlights a number of challenges facing states and districts as they explore competency-based approaches.
In a proficiency system, failure or poor performance may be part of the student’s learning curve, but it is not an outcome.