Exceeding Is More Complicated Than Adding Glitter and Flash
There are different ideas about the best way to report student progress towards targets, or competencies. One…
Application of Learning: It Doesn’t Have To Be An Outhouse
We know that mastery happens when skills or knowledge are applied in new situations or contexts. As…
Q&A: It’s About Time For Proficiency-Based Learning
The following is reprinted from GettingSmart. Diane Smith for the Business Education Compact (BEC) released “It’s About…
Measuring Quality from Inputs to Outcomes: Creating Student Learning Performance Metrics and Quality Assurance for Online Schools
This report provides outcomes-based assurance frameworks, with associated course-level and school-level learning performance metrics, as well as…
Competencies Build Better Assessment Practices
Competencies have the potential to truly shift assessment practices in the classroom. If you took a sampling…
Student Learning Objectives: Insights into Using Competencies as a Growth Model
I’m a TQM-freak. I admit it. I think Total Quality Management and continuous improvement is just the…
Assessment of Learning with Competency-Based Grading
This past spring, two members of my administrative team at Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, New…
Where Do End-of-Course Exams Fit In?
Anyone deep in competency education is probably getting a lot of calls from around the country asking…
What Kids Tell Us About Why Competency Matters
Ask a student about how they learn. You will get many different responses as every child is different. …
Assessment at the Center
Student-centered instruction must be built around the feedback and assessments that are given to students while they…