Competency-based education is gaining steam, but questions remain about which forms the U.S. Department of Education will back. Scores of colleges are gearing up to offer new competency-based degrees.

Southern New Hampshire University's competency-based program, College for America, is opening up new options for the assessment of student learning. It's also turning the notion of the traditional ...

What would the testing experience be like if schools allowed students to show what they know whenever they’re ready, in a variety of ways that suit them, and in ways that are instructionally useful?

The shift towards competency-based education emphasizes critical thinking and real-world application. However, traditional ...

The push for degree completion has taken the national spotlight easily in recent years. But surprisingly, questions about the quality and consistency of those degrees have not been quite so prevalent.

After spending last week in Washington, D.C., I was struck by how nervous folks in education circles are about whether states will stick with the Common Core state standards once the Common Core ...

When the pandemic turned every bedroom, living room, and community center into a classroom, a fundamental shift occurred in what constitutes evidence of learning. No longer able to comfortably walk ...

Educators are moving beyond one-off exams toward authentic, competency-based, and experiential assessment methods that capture the full scope of student learning. From e-portfolios to AI-powered ...

Capella University and Southern New Hampshire University were the first to successfully take the plunge with direct assessment, an aggressive form of competency-based education that is untethered from ...

Across Africa and beyond, education systems are shifting to curricula designed to build critical thinking and problem-solving ...

"I went to a four-year university." "That job requires a one-year certificate." "It's a two-semester course." "She's a fifth-year senior." What do these expressions have in common? They use time as ...

A new competency-mapping-based instructional model for health assessment education integrates global nursing competency frameworks into a structured, progressive pathway. Drawing on international ...