The Art and Science of Designing Competencies
The Art and Sciences of Designing Competencies paper discusses how innovators in competency education develop competencies. Often…
Boston Day and Evening Academy: Where Competency Education is Good Teaching Practice
This is the second post in the Boston Day and Evening Academy series. Continue reading the first and…
10 Must-Haves to Lift Us from the Grading Quagmire
Those of us that were at least moderately successful in the old system may find it challenging…
Are Colleges Dictating How We Record Student Learning?
Why do we continue to use grades to record student understanding? What does a letter tell us…
Measure What Matters
Teachers need to make sure that they are measuring the right elements of student work. Teacher training…
Mastery – Putting Learning Before Grades
I work with a team of people that submitted a letter of intent to the New Mexico…
Is a Standard a Competency? (Part 2)
Read Part 1 or take a look at New Hampshire’s ELA and Math Competencies Following up on…
Goals, Guidelines and Standards for Student Scientific Investigations
This publication provides a set of quality guidelines for developing and evaluating student scientific investigations, through both…