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…
Reinventing the Traditional HS Diploma: Mastery Transcript Consortium ®
This post is the fourth in a part of a series based upon a report from the…
From Good to Great, Initial to Ideal: A Way to Improve Exhibitions and Other Performance Assessments
Several things brought me back to this post by Adam Watson about bringing performance assessments from good...
Student Reflections on the Competency-Based Tier System at Brooklyn Collaborative
We are delighted to publish our second student-authored blog post on CompetencyWorks! The community at Brooklyn Collaborative…