Dear Colleagues:
New Hampshire’s Performance
Assessment of Competency Education (PACE) program is showing early improvements
in the Smarter Balanced assessments over the past two years, with significant improvements
for students with disabilities, when compared with non-PACE districts. Read
more about these early student achievement gains in this blog.
Each year, CompetencyWorks reflects on the field of
competency education and identifies emerging issues. Below is a blog series
highlighting some of our findings from this year:
Attendee registration is open for the iNACOL Symposium on October 23-25 in
Orlando. The Symposium features the best strand of sessions and workshops
relating to competency education. You can register
here. Here are two great
opportunities to meet other leaders and experts in competency education during
the iNACOL Symposium: - Monday, October
23, 5:30-7:30 p.m. – Connect and network
with colleagues at the CompetencyWorks
Meet Up during the President’s Welcome Reception. Join us at the CompetencyWorks Lounge in the Exhibit
Hall (near the main entrance from the lobby).
- Wednesday,
October 25, 4:00-5:00 p.m. – Attend a Meet the Experts Campfire Session with
Susan Patrick and Chris Sturgis on Where
Do We Go From Here: Reflections on Future Directions of Competency Education.
Join us outdoors at the Crescent Terrace to explore highlights from the
National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education and our own personal
reflections on the future directions for competency education.
Below are helpful links to
learn more about the Symposium:
iNACOL released a new issue brief, State
Policy & K-12 Competency-Based Education,
which provides an overview of competency-based education, and provides state
policy recommendations and resources for policymakers who are ready to enable
and support competency education. You can download the full issue brief here,
or learn more in these two blogs:
Chris Sturgis, MetisNet
Susan Patrick, iNACOL
Natalie Abel, iNACOL
CompetencyWorks
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