Three Steps for Personalizing Assessment
Why do we always assess students at the same time and let that be the governing factor…
Blending Toward Competency: A Closer Look at Blended Learning in New Hampshire
Originally posted May 21, 2014 at Christensen Institute. Blended learning comes in various shapes and sizes in…
Performance-Based Assessment in Action
Originally posted May 16, 2014 at gettingsmart.com. For more on Danville’s overall approach see District Transformation in Danville….
Step 1: Separate The Baby From the Bathwater
Consider this moment: I’m sitting in a summer planning session with a team of teachers from different…
The Journey to a Personal Mastery System
Originally published in the Reinventing Schools Coalition May newsletter It all starts with an essential question. What…
The Questions I Ask
What is competency education and what isn’t it? It’s a question that is being asked a lot…
Little Boxes: Common Assessments in the Age of Competency Education
I am a sucker for quality hip hop music and the art of sampling. There is something…
Education Innovation Fellowship: Key Learnings from Some of Detroit’s Competency-Based Learning Models
Posted on April 29, 2014 @ blendmylearning.com. For the past four months, the 19 public and public…
The Advantage of Separating Behaviors and Academics Through a Competency-Based Grading System
If we were to return to giving grades that are a combination of academics, behaviors, and anything…
Counted or Not, Doing What Counts in Competency-Based Education
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” – William…