Competency-Based Education: Faculty Goals and Student Grades
This post originally appeared at Next Generation Learning Challenges on March 12, 2015. I’m working with the faculty in…
Warning: Delayed Graduation Possible
This post originally appeared at the Foundation for Excellence in Education on February 23, 2015. MINIMUM GROWTH…
How Can I Tell if a School is Using Performance Assessments?
Project-based learning, problem-based learning, projects, tasks, performance tasks, performance assessments… When visiting schools over the last several…
In Search of the Goldilocks Scale
We have learned a lot over the past five years as our district has implemented a competency-based…
Chugach School District’s Performance-Based Infrastructure
This is the second post in the Chugach School District series. Read the first post here. I’ve…
A Construction Kit for Personalized Assessment of Competency-Based Learning
This post originally appeared December 15, 2014 at Q.E.D. Foundation. “What Changes in the Learner Are You Trying…
EPIC Schools: Putting Young Men of Color in the Center of the Design (Part 1)
This article is part of a series of case studies of schools in New York City. Read…
Carroll Gardens School for Innovation (MS 442): Intentional School Design
This article is part of a series of case studies of schools in New York City. For…
The Case for Performance Assessments in a Standards-Based Grading System
If only measuring students meeting academic standards in the classroom was as easy as it is in…
What is the Difference between Standards-Based Grading (or Reporting) and Competency-Based Education?
Here in Iowa, competency-based education is gaining traction at the state and grassroots level. In fact, the…