Weekend Reading List
Just in time for the weekend, here’s a look at a few of the news articles we…
Freshman Learning Community – A Successful Model That Puts Competency-Based Grading into Action
The transition to ninth grade is challenging for many students. For Sanborn Regional High School students, their…
WGU Paves the Way with Competency-Oriented System Architecture
A decade ago states might have struggled to imagine the data system they would need to support…
Are Colleges Dictating How We Record Student Learning?
Why do we continue to use grades to record student understanding? What does a letter tell us…
Competency Education at the Education Innovation Summit
I was lucky to get to go to the Education Innovation Summit. They’ve just uploaded video of…
10 Elements Towards Eliminating the Batch-Print System
Competency-based learning (or standards-based or performance-based if you will) is based on two important ideas: Students should…
More on Competency-Based Learning
Last month I joined a panel of colleagues at Arizona State University’s Education Innovation Summit to discuss…
RTT Gets Personalized
Just in case you missed it, the draft of the next Race to the Top competition was…
Competency-Based Education: Learn From My Follies
I had a conference with a parent this morning. I love meeting parents and talking with students,…
Measure What Matters
Teachers need to make sure that they are measuring the right elements of student work. Teacher training…