Nineteen Districts in Idaho Start the Journey to Mastery-Based Learning

Last week, Superintendent Sherri Ybarra announced the twenty districts/schools that will launch Idaho’s Mastery Education Network (IMEN). According to the press release, “IMEN was authorized in 2015 when Governor Butch Otter signed HB 110 to move Idaho towards a mastery education model. This model will move students away from the current time-based system to a mastery system and allow for a more personalized and differentiated learning experience.”

As Idaho explains in a mastery-based learning system, “students advance to higher levels of learning when they demonstrate mastery of concepts and skills regardless of time, place or pace.” Ybarra said, “The beauty of a mastery-based education system is that it is rooted in local control and is truly from the ground up. Local communities, schools, and districts will determine through this effort what is best to meet the needs of their students.”

• Three Creek School District
• Venture High School/Coeur d’Alene School District
• Silver Creek Alternative High School/Blaine School District
• Nampa School District
• North Valley Academy Charter School/Gooding
• American Heritage Charter School/Idaho Falls
• Meadow Valley School District
• Moscow School District
• Rocky Mountain Middle School/Bonneville School District
• West Ada Academies/West Ada District
• Meridian Technical Charter High School/West Ada District
• Wilder School District
• Notus School District
• Rivervue Academy/Vallivue School District
• Salmon Junior-Senior High School/Salmon School District
• The Atlas Alternative School/Middleton School District
• Union High School/Nampa School District
• Indian Creek and Ross Elementary, Kuna Middle School, and Initial Point Alternative High School/Kuna School District
• Clark Fork Jr. and Sr. High School/Lake Pend Oreille School District