As a high school and middle school teacher, I am in favor of the controversial decision to prioritize third-grade competency through state equivalency tests. While this approach may not be popular, it ...

NASHUA – Acing a test won’t just get Nashua students an “A+” under a new grading system adopted by the Board of Education Monday night. It will also get them a 100, a 4, and a recap of their course ...

The Northern Cass school district in North Dakota last spring graduated its first class of seniors who went through most of high school without receiving letter grades. Instead, their report cards ...

When Krista Stalzer gave her class of fourth graders their first science assessment as part of a pilot program at her school in Epping, New Hampshire, she asked students to build a device that would ...

There is a growing call for the introduction of a government-wide competency evaluation model that would apply not only to senior civil servants and department heads but also to Grade 5 officials, in ...

Approximately 350 fifth grade learning disabled students were administered modified versions of their state's minimum competency exam. The test modifications included enlarged print, altered item ...

Competency-based teaching is a high-order form of teaching… If we insist on this path, we must rethink who is standing at the front of the classroom,” Sossion said during an exclusive interview at ...

New Hampshire’s Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) has been a quest to deepen and personalize competency-based learning for all students. During the 2016-2017 school year, we attempted to confront ...

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has outlined how learners in Senior School will be assessed under the ...