Deeper Competency-Based Learning: Making Equitable, Student-Centered, Sustainable Shifts
VIRTUAL POST-SYMPOSIUM SESSION Do your competency-based learning goals look like 1980s skills checklists, or do they focus…
Competency-Based Education Systems: Performance Assessment Using Proficiency Scales
VIRTUAL POST-SYMPOSIUM WEBINAR Assessments should gather evidence of student performance to provide teachers with information they can…
Announcing a Pre-Symposium Webinar Series – Building the Evidence Base for Personalized Learning
As we begin the countdown to the 2020 Aurora Institute Virtual Symposium, running October 25-28, we’re delighted…
Assessing Field-level Change: Lessons from the Evaluation of the Assessment for Learning Project
VIRTUAL PRE-SYMPOSIUM SESSION How can we know if and how a field is growing? This webinar will…
Putting Data to Work: Formative Evaluation and Continuous Improvement in Transformative Education Efforts
VIRTUAL PRE-SYMPOSIUM SESSION In this webinar with WestEd and KnowledgeWorks, engage with researchers, practitioners, and district leaders…
Supporting the Development of Student-Designed Performance Assessments
In this final blog post of a four-part series, I provide examples of student-designed performance assessments and…
Student-Designed Performance Assessments for Personalized Learning and Student Agency
In this third blog post of a four-part series, I will dig deeper into the Vermont Agency…
Improving Student-Centered Assessment Systems With Formative and Summative Performance Assessments
In this second blog post of a four-part series, I dig deeper into the Vermont Agency of…
Essential Components of Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Learning
This is the first post in a series by Pat Fitzsimmons, Team Leader of Proficiency-Based Learning at…
Competency Frameworks and Content Selection at South Bronx Community Charter
South Bronx Community Charter High School (SBC) in New York City has deeply embraced competency-based education since…