Overview

Competency-Based Education (CBE) means a system where a student advances to higher levels of learning when the student demonstrates competency of concepts and skills regardless of time, place, or pace.

The Utah State Legislature's CBE Amendment (Title 53F-5-5: Competency-Based Education Grants Program) was passed in the 2016 General Legislative Session, calling for the establishment of a CBE Grants Program consisting of grants to improve educational outcomes in public schools by advancing student mastery of concepts and skills through the following core principles:

• student advancement upon mastery of a concept or skill;
• competencies that include explicit, measurable, and transferable learning objectives that empower a student;
• assessment that is meaningful and provides a positive learning experience for a student;
• timely, differentiated support based on a student's individual learning needs; and
• learning outcomes that emphasize competencies that include application and creation of knowledge along with the development of important skills and dispositions.