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• Position: NEWS FROM NCSL - National Conference of State Legislatures, New Hampshire's competency-based education program - Brief article

NCSL Goes Back to School

Members of NCSL's Student-Centered Learning Commission went back to the classroom in New Hampshire. The bipartisan group of 16 lawmakers from eight states visited schools participating in a first-in-the-nation, competency-based pilot program that uses fewer standardized tests and more locally developed performance assessments. Competency education, in which students must demonstrate mastery of a subject before receiving credit, is expanding across the country. Legislators want to understand what it is...