Giving Compass' Take:

· Getting Smart discusses competency-based education and provides a list of tools to help provide an effective CBE. On the list, there are categories for CBE-capable edtech including: curriculum resources, learning platforms/learning management systems, and assessment and/or reporting platforms.

· How do these tools help provide an effective competency-based education? How can schools implement these tools to have maximum effect? 

· Read about a Chicago school's experience with competency and proficiency based education.

The tools listed represent a sampling of some of the best CBE-capable edtech in the areas of learning platforms/learning management systems, curriculum resources, assessment/reporting, and platforms that fall outside of these categories. For our definitions of these tools, scroll to the end of this post. Of note is that many of the platforms are not solely designed for CBE, but that they can integrate some of the components of CBE within their platforms.

This list is not intended to be comprehensive, but is a sampling of tools identified as exemplars by people we’ve interviewed and/or other sources we’ve encountered in our research.

Curriculum Resources:

  • EL Education
  • Engage NY
  • Gooru

Learning Platforms / Learning Management Systems:

  • Agilix
  • Canvas
  • Cortex

Assessment and/or Reporting Platforms:

  • Amplify
  • JumpRope
  • Mastery Connect

Read the full list of tools for competency-based education at Getting Smart.