{"id":3914,"date":"2016-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/nineteen-districts-in-idaho-start-the-journey-to-mastery-based-learning\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:58:17","slug":"nineteen-districts-in-idaho-start-the-journey-to-mastery-based-learning","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/nineteen-districts-in-idaho-start-the-journey-to-mastery-based-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Nineteen Districts in Idaho Start the Journey to Mastery-Based Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sherri Ybarra, Superintendent of Public Instruction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last week, Superintendent Sherri Ybarra announced the twenty districts\/schools that will launch Idaho\u2019s Mastery Education Network (IMEN). According to the press release, \u201cIMEN 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.”<\/p>\n

As Idaho explains in a mastery-based learning system, \u201cstudents advance to higher levels of learning when they demonstrate mastery of concepts and skills regardless of time, place or pace.\u201d Ybarra said, \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n