VII. Competency-Based Assessment

Competency-Based Curriculum and Assessment 

“British Columbia’s redesigned curriculum brings together two features that most educators agree are essential for 21st-century learning: a concept-based approach to learning and a focus on the development of competencies, to foster deeper, more transferable learning. These approaches complement each other because of their common focus on active engagement of students. Deeper learning is better achieved through “doing” than through passive listening or watching. Similarly, both concept-based learning and the development of competencies engage students in authentic tasks that connect learning to the real world.”

Source: Curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum

Curriculum model: All areas of learning are based on a “Know-Do-Understand” model to support a concept-based competency-driven approach to learning.

Three elements, the Content (Know), Curricular Competencies (Do), and Big Ideas (Understand) all work together to support deeper learning.

Examples of the various types of assessments used in SD72:

• SD72 Common Formative Numeracy Assessments (K-9) 
• Formative Assessments (ie. SNAP)
• Culturally Responsive Assessments
• Student Self-Reporting
• Summative Assessment
• Standardized Provincial Assessments

Assessing Proficiency

Students are assessed using the Proficiency Scale 

Student Numeracy Assessment and Practice (SNAP)

• The SD72 SNAP is fully aligned with the BC Curricular Competencies in math. Competency-based rubrics have been created for use in SD72 (grades 2 – 9).
• Designed as a whole class assessment, the Student Numeracy Assessment and Practice (SNAP) was developed by a group of educators from Chilliwack School District (SD33).
• The SNAP has been used in grades K – 7 classes since September 2016, informed by The ANIE Assessment-2014. 
• The SNAP is designed to serve as a formative assessment and as an instructional routine throughout the entire year. It can be used to inform and guide instructional planning. SNAP is a two-part assessment that focuses on the foundational skills of mathematics: Number Sense and Operations.

SNAP Assessment and Practice Keystone

The interactive presentation below includes links to SNAP templates for grades K through 9, rubrics for number sense and operational fluency, and additional resources.