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Why Mastery Based Learning is a Good Option

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Last year, only 61 percent of students who took the ACT high school English achievement test were deemed college-ready. An option several school districts I converse with are trying is called “mastery-based learning” — MBL. Learning is personalized, based on school standards. What is MBL.

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Can Personalized Learning Be Scaled to Ease Teacher Burdens and Close Achievement Gaps?

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Schools are confronting vast achievement gaps among students and an exhausted teaching force. Some say it’s time to finally commit to scalable personalized learning. So many bright educators love teaching and love kids, but they're physically and emotionally exhausted. We spoke with Smith to learn more about his vision.

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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

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Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress. Like the reality that it takes different students different amounts of time to acquire skills. “It That would be a very risky proposition.”

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