{"id":5796,"date":"2017-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/new-zealand-leads-the-way-on-competency-based-learning-part-2\/"},"modified":"2020-02-27T18:40:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T23:40:04","slug":"new-zealand-leads-the-way-on-competency-based-learning-part-2","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/new-zealand-leads-the-way-on-competency-based-learning-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Leads the Way on Competency-Based Learning \u2014 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NewThis post originally appeared at iNACOL<\/a> on January 11, 2017. Read Part 1 here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2016, I was invited as an Eisenhower Fellow to the 2016 Colloquium on Competency-Based Learning and Assessment (CBLA) in New Zealand. This Colloquium explored competency-based learning and assessment systems and their impact on equity. Attendees built consensus and exchanged ideas on global education systems transformation and educational innovation for equity.<\/p>\n

In part one of this series<\/a>, I highlighted New Zealand\u2019s educational research underpinnings, their move toward equity, how their cultural roots play a role and how a standards-based system is probably best suited to assessment for learning in real time.<\/p>\n

Here are other takeaways from various leading New Zealand experts and thought leaders in CBLA and teacher judgment.<\/p>\n

(K)new Approaches to Teaching and Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n