A Handbook for Personalized Competency-Based Education

A Handbook for Personalized Competency-Based Education

Ensure all students master content by designing and implementing a personalized competency-based education (PCBE) system. This handbook explores approaches, strategies, and techniques that schools and districts should consider as they begin their transition to a PCBE system. The authors share examples of how to use proficiency scales, standard operating procedures, behavior rubrics, personal tracking matrices, and other tools to aid in instruction and assessment.

• Receive clear guidance on implementing a personalized competency-based education (PCBE) system.
• Determine what content to focus on and what standards to prioritize in a PCBE environment.
• Read vignettes that illustrate the shifts that should occur to foster PCBE.
• Learn how a flexible PCBE learning environment can foster self-efficacy.
• Understand the variety of assessments available for measuring student proficiency.