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Each year, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative surveys the higher education community on key issues and opportunities in postsecondary teaching and learning, the results of which serve as the framework for discussions and programming throughout the coming year.

“Competency-based education (CBE) focuses on a mastery of knowledge or skills rather than a fixed time to complete a course. This student-centric, flexible approach is an important next step for the evolution of higher education to provide inclusive pathways to credential attainment and in-demand jobs.

While adoption of CBE grows, institutions struggle to find the right metrics to measure student progress and assess their programs. To help support and streamline CBE implementation, this brief offers recommendations on metrics and practices for institutions adopting these programs into their instructional portfolio.”

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This publication re-envisions professional practice, learning and development for educators in competency-based education.

As school districts transition to new, more powerful student-centered learning models, it’s critical that educators leading the transformative practice are equipped for their new roles. Moving Toward Mastery describes a teaching profession that is equity-oriented, learning-centered and lifelong; it recommends 15 strategies that can help school districts successfully make this paradigm shift.

Building off examples of effective teaching, professional development and practice across the nation, the new report explores how communities can work together to prompt and sustain complex systems change of moving both students and teachers from a one-size-fits-all approach to education to one in which all students and all teachers can succeed.