How Cognitive Neuroscience Informs Competency-Based Education: A Practical Guide
What makes competency-based education (CBE) truly effective? The answer lies in the science of the brain. Cognitive…
Personalized Language Learning meets Proficiency-Based Credits in a Delaware Classroom
In a classroom at Delmar High School in Delmar, Delaware, Spanish teacher Ryan Allen helped something remarkable…
Calibration Supports Quality for Flexible, Competency-Based Systems
A shared understanding of learning expectations among educators, students, and communities is key to the success of…
Aurora Institute’s 2024 Federal Policy Priorities
The Aurora Institute has released federal policy recommendations aimed at reshaping our public education system to be…
Innovation in New Mexico: Capstone Projects as a Path to Better Engage Students
This capstone project post is the third in a series of posts about statewide innovation in New…
The Culmination of Mastery and Community: Senior Exhibitions at the Parker School
“There are many ways that this ends up being one of the weeks we take away from…
Promising Steps Towards Innovative Assessment Through IADA Guidance
Effectively transitioning to student-centered, competency-based education will require new systems of assessments that align to student-centered learning. In partnership…
Connecting the CBE Design Principles with a Defensible Body of Evidence
Fully embracing the seven design principles of competency-based education (CBE) requires dramatic shifts in the way schools…
A New Framework to IMPACT Building a Defensible Body of Evidence
If you were to analyze student work samples in a body of evidence for students in your…
Showcase, Share, Inspire: Performance-Based Assessment and Competency-Based Learning in Chicago Public Schools
This year, Dr. Ginger Reynolds from EdSystems, a division of Northern Illinois University, and Sonjanita Moore from…