Re-Engineering Information Technology: Design Considerations for Competency Education
This report analyzes the components of effective competency-based information systems. Based on interviews and research, the ideas…
Setting Students Up For Failure?
Teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle WA are boycotting – they have voted to not administer…
The Shift From Cohorts to Competency
Digital Learning Now has just released it’s new paper — and its on competency education. (Disclaimer: I’m…
“CBE allows me to be teacher that I always knew that I could be”
“CBE allows me to be teacher that I always knew that I could be and that I…
Proficiency-Based Learning Simplified
Last week on the CompetencyWorks advisory board call we had a conversation about the growing interest in…
What Gets Measured Gets Done
Do you find the topic of assessments befuddling at times? I certainly do. But I’ve dedicated myself…
Our Competency-Based System Has Changed the Face of IEP Meetings
Carter’s Story This past week I had the privilege of attending an IEP meeting for Carter, a…
21st Century Skills and Designing Competencies
Competencies provide a unique opportunity to truly teach and assess 21st Century Skills. While there are many…
Productivity and Progress
In the report Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education, the authors highlight four findings…
Question Making
There is something a bit magical about the transformation from time-based/A-F structures to competency-based education. Over and…