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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. Assessments are competency-based and referenced to school learning criteria.

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

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To that point, Knowles says that pushing to make the school day more flexible is not necessarily synonymous with reducing the amount of time young people spend together, or with swapping in-person learning experiences out for digital ones. “I There is value in peer groups, in learning to collaborate at school.”

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