Proficiency-based learning fails to motivate some students

Different schools are taking different approaches to proficiency-based learning. File photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News
This article By Kayla Collier was published in the Stowe Reporter on June 14.
In Stowe, proficiency-based learning has removed the sense of competition among students, according to a survey of the students themselves.
Competition has been a major motivation for students who strive always for an A in class, and in some cases proficiency-based learning has dissolved the motivat