It looks like it works at reducing special education teacher costs but not in improving student learning outcomes.

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In SMILE, the quality of the student-generated question is the evidence of learning outcomes, not test scores.

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Moving from a policy environment that rewards inputs like seat time to one that values student outcomes in a competency-based learning environment is critical to create smarter demand.

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It is too early to determine if the initiative is the reason that we are meeting out desired outcomes, but early data does support that Phase One teachers are seeing increases in student learning from state test scores to performance-based measures.

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