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Aurora Institute's Seven Critical Elements of Instructional Practice

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A framework developed by the Aurora Institute to guide competency-based instructional practice through learner agency, meaningful assessment, differentiated support, mastery-based progression, varied pathways and pacing, equity strategies, and transparent expectations.

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  • Competency-Based Education with its seven elements of instructional practice: Competency-based education (CBE) is an education model that recognizes and accredits learners for demonstration of their skills and competencies instead of seat-time. The report adopts the Aurora Institute definition providing "seven critical elements of instructional practice," spanning learner decision-making, meaningful assessment, differentiated support, mastery-based progression, varied pathways and pacing, embedded equity strategies, and transparent common expectations. The report uses this framework to ground its argument that CBE is more adaptable to nonlinear learner pathways than seat-time credentialing. (Zohal Shah et al. (2024))

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  • Zohal Shah, Marilys Galindo, Chioma Aso-Hernandez, Christina Luke Luna, Keun-woo Lee, Josh Weisgrau, Teresa Solorzano, Britney Jacobs. (2024). The Promise of Micro-credentials and Learning and Employment Record Technologies for Youth and K-12 Schools. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.org
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