Competency based education: why doesn't it already work that way?

https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/12/competency-based-education/

This immediately comes to mind a model for doing this. Classes are held but the teacher acts more like a TA, answering questions and giving students 1:1 time. There are no homeworks and no midterms, instead you can take exams at the testing center, available every day(testing center is a room where you have to give up any devices and take the exam while proctored). Similarly classes are available year round, with different teachers staffing the center for this subject.

Fail an exam and you perhaps have a delay before taking it again (and it's a random draw from a question bank or something), but it doesn't slap your transcript with F/C/B and harm your chances in the future.

Finacial aid etc require some minimum rate of completion of credits (passing exams) but if you can afford it you can take any length of time.

Is the model we have just an accident of history? Why doesn't it already work like this?

Submitted December 18, 2024 at 03:11PM by SoylentRox https://ift.tt/FiwVD32