In a competency-based system, students move ahead when they’ve mastered content, not when they’ve reached a certain birthday or endured the required hours in a classroom.
Source Organization: The Nellie Mae Education Foundation
What is competency-based education?
By The Nellie Mae Education Foundation
December 18, 2014
- Published December 18, 2014
- By The Nellie Mae Education Foundation
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