Proficiency-Based Learning Simplified
Last week on the CompetencyWorks advisory board call we had a conversation about the growing interest in…
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…
Upcoming Webinar on New Hampshire’s Competency-Based System
The Alliance for Excellent Education is sponsoring a webinar on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 on Strengthening High…
A GPS for Competency Education
We are now starting to see whole networks of schools move towards competency education. The Asia Society,…
What Happens Once a Student Reaches Proficiency?
During my travels in Maine last fall to three districts in the Maine Cohort for Customized Learning…
Upcoming Webinars
Drawing upon the knowledge in Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education, CompetencyWorks is hosting…
And A Winner Is…
…Lindsay Unified School District! In case you missed it, Lindsay Unified School District, a top-to-bottom competency-based district,…
Competency Education in the News
Michael Horn in a post “Could Competency-Based Learning Save the Common Core?” on Forbes website challenges us…
Yes, This Is Definitely Evidence
In a previous post I summarized the evidence of competency education making a difference in student achievement…
Naming the Elephant
It’s the elephant in the room. How are we going to help our most struggling students, those…