3. What is Personalized,
Competency-Based Learning?
• Learner agency
• Assessments are flexible and meaningful
• Student supports are timely and differentiated
• Competency-based curriculum and progression
• Pacing and pathways vary
• Culture of equity
• Learning targets are explicit, transparent,
measurable, and transferable
Adapted from CompetencyWorks at the Aurora Institue
7. KnowledgeWorks.org
F I N D I N G S F R O M R E S E A R C H
Students in schools using personalized
learning practices are making
greater student achievement gains
in math and reading over the course of two
school years and students who started out
behind are now catching up.
Continued Progress: Promising Evidence on Personalized Learning (2015); RAND Corporation
8. KnowledgeWorks.org
F I N D I N G S F R O M R E S E A R C H
Students with greater exposure to
proficiency-based practices
tended to demonstrate
higher levels of engagement.
Understanding the impact of proficiency-based education in Maine (2018);
EDC, via Student Centered Learning Research Collaborative
9. KnowledgeWorks.org
F I N D I N G S F R O M T H E F I E L D
The number of Boston Day and Evening
Academy graduates increased from
48 in 2017 to 62 in 2018;
the percentage of male graduates of color has
increased from 22% to 50%
in a single year.
Boston Day and Evening Academy 2018 Annual Report
At KnowledgeWorks, we believe all children can learn and should be challenged as individuals. We also know that the world of learning and work is changing at a rapid pace and we need to think differently about college and career readiness. We need to ensure every student masters academic content, encourage them to take ownership of their learning and help them develop the social-emotional skills they’ll need for whatever is next for them. This belief is at the heart of our work to grow personalized learning.
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Students are empowered daily to make important decisions about their learning experiences, how they will create and apply knowledge and how they will demonstrate their learning. (Learner Agency)
Assessment is a meaningful, positive and empowering learning experience for students that yields timely, relevant and actionable evidence. (Timely, Actionable Assessments)
Students receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs. (Personalized Learner Supports)
Students progress based on evidence of mastery, not seat time. (Competency-Based Curriculum and Progression)
Students learn actively using different pathways and varied pacing. (Varied Pathways and Pacing)
Strategies to ensure equity for all students are embedded in the culture, structure and pedagogy of schools and education systems. (Culture of Equity)
Rigorous, common expectations for learning (knowledge, skills and dispositions) are explicit, transparent, measurable and transferable. (Transparent Academic and SEL Learning Targets)
TAGS: Personalized Learning, Math and Reading achievement
Students in schools using personalized learning practices are making greater student achievement gains in math and reading over the course of two school years and the students who started out behind are now catching up
The Rand study looked at 5 elements of personalized learning: Learner Profiles, Personal Learning Paths, Competency-Based Progression, Flexible Learning Environments, College and Career Readiness. Just one of these elements had to be in place in the schools that were studied.
TAGS: Proficiency-Based Grading
Students with greater exposure to proficiency-based practices tended to demonstrate higher levels of engagement
TAGS: Personalized Learning, Restorative Justice
The number of Boston Day and Evening Academy graduates increased from 48 in 2017 to 62 in 2018; the percentage of male graduates of color has increased from 22 percent to 50 percent in a single year
