BRISTOL — The Newfound Area School District was one of the first three in New Hampshire to adopt “competency-based education,” keeping the Lakes Region Curriculum Instruction & Assessment organization in the forefront of implementing new guidelines from the state Department of Education.

In competency-based education, instruction, assessment, and academic reporting focus on students being able to demonstrate a specified level of knowledge and skills before progressing to the next stage. The New Hampshire Department of Education now incorporates such requirements into its list of school standards.

“[It’s] really taking the lead and really setting the tone for the whole state,” said Newfound Superintendent Paul Hoiriis. “So we have a strong group that, even at the state level, is referred

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