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When Success is the Only Option: Designing Competency-Based Pathways for Next Generation Learning
This paper provides an introduction to competency-based pathways, a necessary condition to realizing the potential of next generation learning. Significantly, this report finds that competency-based pathways are re-engineering our education system...
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Structures to Support Individualized Pacing
At West Belden, structures and expectations allow students to move on only when a skill has been mastered.
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Integrating Online Programs to Differentiate Learning
Online programs are leveraged to differentiate instruction for students, combining core programs with others that are needs-based or choice-based.
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Measurement Learning Agenda: Blended Learning Measurement Agenda, A Path Forward for the Ecosystem, Part 1
Measurement Learning Agenda for all stakeholders: Part 1 of a 4-part collection that outlines the skills, knowledge, and activities necessary for multiple stakeholders to conduct, curate, support, and fund research that uncovers new knowledge...
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Measurement Dissemination Goals: Blended Learning Measurement Agenda, A Path Forward for the Ecosystem, Part 2
Measurement Dissemination Goals for all stakeholders: Part 2 of a 4-part collection that outlines the skills, knowledge, and activities necessary for multiple stakeholders to share and understand the foundational knowledge required to implement and...
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Measurement Competency Standards: Blended Learning Measurement Agenda, A Path Forward for the Ecosystem, Part 3
Measurement Competency Standards for all stakeholders: Part 3 of a 4-part collection that outlines the skills, knowledge, and activities necessary for multiple stakeholders to facilitate, support, and achieve application of relevant knowledge and...
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Measurement Implementation Objectives: Blended Learning Measurement Agenda, A Path Forward for the Ecosystem, Part 4
Measurement Implementation Objectives for all stakeholders: Part 4 of a 4-part collection that outlines the skills, knowledge, and activities necessary for multiple stakeholders to conduct, participate in, support, and seek out appropriately...
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Students Pursue Career-Based Projects
Students complete long-term projects within “houses” that align to career pathways.
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Student Badges
Students collect badges to show what they have mastered on a specific pathway or skillset. These badges show qualifications on a smaller scale than a course grade or diploma.
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A Promise for Equitable Futures: Enabling Systems Change to Scale Educational and Economic Mobility Pathways
Fewer than one in five American students follow a clear and uninterrupted path from high school through college to career. The promise of a public education is to prepare all learners to engage in, contribute to, and achieve purpose in the world,...
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Multi-Age Classrooms
West Belden uses multi-age classrooms to help meet the unique needs of each learner.
