{"id":11229,"date":"2020-01-14T13:17:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?post_type=resource&p=11229"},"modified":"2020-04-13T12:41:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:41:53","slug":"how-systems-of-assessments-aligned-with-competency-based-education-can-support-equity","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/resource\/how-systems-of-assessments-aligned-with-competency-based-education-can-support-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"How Systems of Assessments Aligned with Competency-Based Education Can Support Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Competency-based education systems hold promise for maximizing high-quality teaching and learning for the growth of all students. Such systems, if well designed and implemented, can serve critical equity aims by ensuring that all students are supported in meeting key learning and development targets. Competency-based education systems, however, cannot fulfill these goals unless accompanied by high-quality assessments and assessment systems. School, district, and state leaders must work to develop balanced assessment systems that are coherent with the target competencies and learning progressions, that comprehensively provide a range of evidence for each student and to serve multiple stakeholders, and continuously monitor students\u2019 progress over time. Balanced assessment systems are critical for providing information at multiple levels of the system to monitor, evaluate, and enhance quality for education and equity agendas. This is a necessary paradigm shift.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this report, we address the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n