Contextualizing the Report
How North Dakota鈥檚 four-district cohort grew into a statewide network of learning communities in support of and sustaining personalized, competency-based learning
Key Findings from the First Five Years
of Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in North Dakota
The state started on the initiative because they saw room for improvement in their education systems. Gallup polls reported that 89% of North Dakotans rated their K-12 public schools as 鈥渆xcellent鈥� or 鈥済ood,鈥� the highest satisfaction rate in the country.听听
鈥淗ow can we really be at our finest when 10 percent of our population isn鈥檛 reaching their full potential?鈥� questioned Kirsten Baesler, state superintendent of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction (NDDPI).
NDDPI partnered with 快播视频 in 2018 to launch the North Dakota Personalized, Competency-Based Learning initiative, which aims to create equitable outcomes for learners by transforming conventional education systems to personalized, competency-based learning. 快播视频 engaged WestEd to study the initiative鈥檚 progress and outcomes the following year.
WestEd recently published 鈥�,鈥� which we summarize here. Although implementing personalized, competency-based learning varies from site to site and is still a work in progress, we are learning what changes are reasonable to expect within a five-year horizon and what those changes mean for student achievement.听
Education has embraced this concept as a way of keeping school and student data visible and central to school decision…
Balancing data on major trends and outcomes with experiences of educators and learners
Key data points from 快播视频 show impact of personalized, competency-based learning.
A future of learning where students of all races and ethnicities, incomes and identities pursue the kinds of learning experiences that enable them to uncover their passions and thrive in an evolving world.