Refining the Instructional Model and Enhancing the Instructional Cycle
This is the twenty-second article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders….
Configuring the Instruction and Assessment Model
This is the ninth article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local…
WestEd’s Student Agency in Assessment & Learning Project
This post is adapted from the Next Generation Learning Challenges‘ Friday Focus. Last week I had the pleasure…
Separating the Facts from the Myths in the Competency-Based High School Transcript
Districts are creating a variety of grading practices and transcripts that are being described as standards-based and…
Will Eliminating the “F” Eliminate Bad School Design?
This post originally appeared at the Christensen Institute on July 6, 2016. The dreaded “F” is going…
What Does it REALLY Mean to Do Standards-Based Grading? (Part 2)
Read Part 1 of what it means to do standards-based grading here. This post was updated November…
What Does it REALLY Mean to Do Standards-Based Grading? (Part 1)
Updated November 1, 2017 I read a lot of clips about how districts are advancing competency education…
When Grading Harms Student Learning
This post originally appeared at Edutopia on November 23, 2015. There are so many forces at work…
Collecting a “Body of Evidence”
This is the second in a series of articles specific to the developing understanding of skills and…
The Overwhelming Act of Assessing Writing in a CBE School
If you’ve ever been an English teacher, you know what it’s like to teach writing to 95…