A New Teaching Structure Could Make College More Affordable. Why Don’t More Schools Adopt It?

Starting in January 2015, about a dozen community colleges in the state will pilot a new type of online business administration program. The degree is designed so that students can take as long as they want to learn a subject. Once they feel ready, they take a test to prove they’ve mastered the unit and can move on to the next one. But students who already know the material can skip to the test without doing any coursework, saving them time and money. The Washington schools are the latest to adopt competency-based learning, a model that measures students on mastery of subjects instead of time spent in a classroom (or in front of a computer).

By Cory Weinberg

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