What is Mastery-Based Learning?

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What is Mastery-Based Learning?

Overview

Connecticut students can learn through student-centered pathways that ensure college and career readiness

Students are empowered to take ownership of their learning.
Rigorous, flexible learning opportunities prepare students for college, careers and civic life.
Paths to completion are flexible to meet student needs and interests.
Learning takes place through realworld application and is not constrained by time and place.
Instruction is fundamentally designed around the learner.
All students are ready and able to succeed in a global environment.
Multiple sources of data are used to provide timely intervention and/or acceleration.
Graduation is determined by student mastery and success on explicit, measurable learning outcomes.