A: The Missouri framework for competency-based learning (CBL) includes the seven elements that define a competency-based education system, plus an additional Real World Learning element, for a total of eight elements.

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.
Assessment is a meaningful, positive, and empowering learning experience for students that yields timely, relevant, and actionable evidence.
Students receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.
Students progress based on evidence of mastery, not seat time.
Students learn actively using different pathways and varied pacing.
Strategies to ensure equity for all students are embedded in the culture, structure, and pedagogy of schools and education systems.
Rigorous, common expectations for learning (knowledge, skills, and dispositions) are explicit, transparent, measurable, and transferable.
Students engage in Real World Learning experiences that support high school, college, career and workplace readiness.

“Introduction to Competency-Based Education,”Aurora Institute, 2022

STE. GENEVIEVE R-II SCHOOL DISTRICT

SRSN — Frequently Asked Questions

About the Success-Ready Students Network

Q: What is the Success-Ready Students Network, and why was it formed?

Q: Which school districts are participating in this work?

Q: How did this work get started, and why?

Q: Who is leading this work, and how is it being funded?

Q: What support is there from a statewide level?

Q: What is the timeline for these changes to take place?

Redesigning the State Assessment

Q: Why does Missouri need a new state assessment?

Q: Does this mean that we don't have to administer the MAP test anymore?

Q: In what ways would a new state assessment differ from the Missouri MAP? How will this result in a better learning experience for each student?

Q: What do teachers think about a new, through-year state assessment system?

Q: What is competency-based learning, and how does that fit into building a new state assessment?

Q: What does the transition from the Missouri MAP test to a new state assessment look like? Will there be an overlap in testing?

School District Accountability

Q: Will this change how school districts are held accountable for student academic performance?

All About Student Success

Q: How will this new system impact my student’s ability to prepare for college, career or work?