After reviewing the resources I see that my school districts is really having students demonstrate their competencies by the things we are expected to do. Due to COVID my district is hitting hard this year to find ways to get students working on Chromebooks or Ipads to complete assignments. The result of this goal is that as a teacher I am finding ways that students learn even best, for example when students are given the choice of how to turn in a project I get many different things ranging from a paper, to a video, to a presentation. I have done significantly less tests this year and have done more choice or even just changed up how I assess student learning. Like one of the articles mentioned when allowing different ways to assess I'm getting to see more details of what they know and where they are still struggling whereas a test I only see if they know something or don't, I don't get to see where they are in the learning process and how close they are to understanding the material. Focusing on competency-based learning really has allowed for me to see my students as wholes and individuals rather than another score in the gradebook.
