NC H714

State Board of Education must analyze and determine steps necessary to transition North Carolina's elementary and secondary schools to a competency-based assessment and teaching model for all students.

Recommended transition steps must accomplish five objectives: students advancing upon mastery, competencies broken into explicit measurable learning objectives, meaningful assessments complying with federal grant conditions, differentiated student support, and learning outcomes emphasizing knowledge application and creation.

State Board must examine competency-based assessments in other states, their potential benefits and obstacles, relationships to innovative teaching methods in North Carolina schools, and other relevant considerations for implementation.

State Board shall submit a report of its analysis and recommended transition steps to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee no later than May 15, 2020.