{"id":1954,"date":"2016-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/what-is-competency-education\/"},"modified":"2020-01-27T16:29:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T21:29:35","slug":"what-is-competency-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/what-is-competency-education\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Competency Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5753 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-Cute-pupils-in-computer-class-85201370-reduced-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"bigstock-Cute-pupils-in-computer-class--85201370--reduced\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an educator-led reform, is taking root in districts and schools across the United States and around the world. At the same time, new and innovative <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/case-study\/summer-reading-what-does-competency-education-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">school models<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are developing and scaling, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/mean-what-you-say-defining-and-integrating-personalized-blended-and-competency-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contributing to our overall understanding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of new ways to teach and learn within a competency-based structure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an emerging and evolving field, it is essential to clearly define <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to challenge misconceptions and level-set the field to improve learning opportunities for every student. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/mean-what-you-say-defining-and-integrating-personalized-blended-and-competency-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regularly-published, field-tested definitions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> prove useful for generating shared understanding, building knowledge and capacity, and challenging misconceptions. By clearly defining competency education and differentiating it from other emerging key terms, the field can close communication gaps and advance toward next generation learning with increased clarity, effectiveness and scalability.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Competency Education, Defined<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2011, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iNACOL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CompetencyWorks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> led a summit bringing together 100 practitioners and educators working on competency education for the first time. At that meeting, participants discussed, developed and fine-tuned a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/about\/competency-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">working definition of competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students advance upon demonstrated mastery;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives that empower students;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning outcomes emphasize competencies that include application and creation of knowledge, along with the development of important skills and dispositions. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaders and practitioners throughout the field of K-12 education are using the terms competency-based, proficiency-based, mastery-based and performance-based interchangeably in their own contexts \u2014 however, iNACOL uses the term competency education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In competency education, students understand learning objectives and \u201cshow what they know\u201d through a performance to demonstrate the level of proficiency and advance to the next learning goal. In \u201cTwo Sides of the Same Coin\u201d, Scott Marion explains the importance of student work and evidence of learning: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The assessments used to evaluate the degree to which students have achieved the learning goals should be of high quality; that is, they should be designed to provide credible evidence of how well students have mastered the intended learning goal. First, if the learning goals are of the rich form described above it is unlikely that they will be measured well with just a single assessment. Multiple assessments will be required, and we argue that a performance or other authentic assessment must be part of the assessment system designed to evaluate the learning goal.\u201d \u00a0Building educator capacity and calibrated professional judgements on performance assessments are hallmarks of a high-quality competency education system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a student does not demonstrate adequate proficiency to advance, then students must be provided with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/reflections\/if-failure-is-not-an-option-neither-are-supports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supports and interventions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that help address their individual needs and fill the gaps in their knowledge and skills. By designing the system around what students must learn, rather than how much time they spend in school, educators are advancing powerful, personalized learning experiences and maximizing each student\u2019s potential. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In competency education systems, students may have <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/reflections\/multiple-pathways-to-competency-based-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">multiple pathways<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to acquire competencies. Learning can occur both formally and informally\u2014allowing students to demonstrate competency in a wide variety of ways by learning content through different modalities, experiences and methods\u2014inside and outside of school walls and in their communities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same high standards are set for all students to maintain rigor\u2014but students have greater voice and choice in how, where, when and what they are learning to achieve competency, aligned to the standards, and how they demonstrate mastery through a performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Competency Education Drives Personalization<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be clear, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/mean-what-you-say-defining-and-integrating-personalized-blended-and-competency-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">personalization is not equal to competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They are related terms and often, mistakenly, used interchangeably. A competency education system enables personalized learning by opening the system to allow multiple pathways for demonstrating what a student knows and can do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To meet every student\u2019s needs, we strive to move the system toward personalized learning models that are student-centered. The concept of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/mean-what-you-say-defining-and-integrating-personalized-blended-and-competency-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">personalization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the overarching instructional model goal. Personalization can be realized through high-quality blended learning modalities \u2014 but these models must be competency-based in nature, requiring students to demonstrate mastery in a meaningful way. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/about\/competency-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five-part definition of competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Table below describes how competency education and personalized learning fit together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/mean-what-you-say-defining-and-integrating-personalized-blended-and-competency-education\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5752\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/mean_PL-CBE.png\" alt=\"mean_PL &amp; CBE\" width=\"800\" height=\"609\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Competency Education Challenges the Traditional System<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we think about the traditional \u201ctime-based system,\u201d students experience variable amounts of learning within fixed amounts of time\u2014yielding students with varying levels of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/using-technology-enhanced-items-effectively-to-close-student-achievement-gaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cgaps\u201d in their learning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as they move from grade to grade. For example, in a time-based system, even a \u201cB\u201d average in a course assumes the student may be missing 15-20% of the content knowledge. Students are passed on with \u201cC\u201ds and \u201cD\u201ds, unprepared for the next course. When this core foundational knowledge is missing, students are unprepared for the next level, and the system is setting them up for failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This permits students to enter the next level with prior learning gaps, fails to provide student supports to ensure mastery before they move onto the next lesson and creates classrooms with one-size-fits-all curriculum despite students with diverse needs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/about\/competency-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> challenges this key policy issue: seat-time, or awarding credit based on the amount of time a student is in a seat for each course, regardless of what was learned. Instead, if learning was based on students demonstrating mastery of competencies, with policies for quality, accountability and assessment of learning, students could acquire knowledge from both formal and informal settings and demonstrate the knowledge for credit in schools. Competency education provides the foundation to transform and open anytime, everywhere learning that enables personalized learning in powerful ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Across the U.S., there have been significant developments in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/state-policy-resources-for-getting-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">state-level policy towards competency education systems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to enable new learning models and focus on mastery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a necessary foundation in both policy and practice for personalized learning approaches to thrive to provide high-quality, flexible personalized learning to all students. Competency education requires the learning environment to be redesigned so that failure is not an option. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Learn more about competency education: <\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attend iNACOL\u2019s upcoming Special Edition Webinar on April 20: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/event\/what-is-competency-based-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Is Competency-Based Education?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CompetencyWorks.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and explore the <a href=\"http:\/\/competencyworks.pbworks.com\/w\/page\/66734498\/Welcome%20to%20the%20CompetencyWorks%20Wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CompetencyWorks wiki<\/a>. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/mean-what-you-say-defining-and-integrating-personalized-blended-and-competency-education\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Report: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/maximizing-competency-education-and-blended-learning-insights-from-experts\/\">Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mean to you? Let us know by responding in the comments below or tweeting to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nacol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@nacol<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:nabel@inacol.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">become a guest blogger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and tell us about your journey toward competency education.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Competency education, an educator-led reform, is taking root in districts and schools across the United States and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"issue":[396,368],"location":[],"class_list":["post-1954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-how-to-get-started","issue-issues-in-practice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Is Competency Education? 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