Going Deeper or Going Further: Where Students Advance in Competency-Based Models
Originally posted Jan. 29, 2014 at The Christensen Institute. The crux of competency-based education is that students…
What Do We Mean by Completion?
I always save an hour or two on Friday afternoons to read about things I don’t know…
Thoughts on Grain Size
As schools across the country engage with and implement proficiency-based learning, one of the first steps educators…
Deadlines Matter: Debunking the Myth That Standards-Based Grading Means No Deadlines
I have a very compassionate boss. I spent several weeks working on my school’s budget for the…
Guest blogger Tom Clark poses questions to researchers
Here’s a blog post from guest blogger Tom Clark, PhD, TA Consulting: The iNACOL Research Agenda Survey…
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…
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…
iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Programs
The standards in this document address what is needed for a quality online program, elements of which…