A Strategic Reflection on the Field of Competency-Based Education
Schools and districts across the United States are realizing the promise of competency-based education—transforming the culture, structure,…
Mere Engagement: Reflections about the Connections Between Online Learning, Student Agency, and Student Engagement
How can school leaders and teachers foster student agency and engagement in online settings? The disruption to…
Grading for Equity: A Teacher’s Reflections
This post originally appeared on the Mastery Collaborative blog on October 29, 2020. NYC released its grading…
Improving Communication of K-12 Personalized Learning Research
Two goals of the recent National Research Convening on Building the Evidence Base for K-12 Personalized Learning…
Top 10 CompetencyWorks Blog Posts of 2020
For this year-end roundup, a slight variation on the top-ten genre is that it features the most-read…
National Research Convening on Building the Evidence Base for K-12 Personalized Learning: Overview and Session Materials
The National Research Convening on Building the Evidence Base for K‐12 Personalized Learning was held on October…
Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Education: Strategies and Tools for Professional Learning
Watch members of the Vermont Agency of Education’s Proficiency-Based and Personalized Learning Teams as they delve…
How Vermont Is Strengthening Local Assessment Systems
Our CompetencyWorks initiative has released a new issue brief, titled Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based…
Competency-Based Education in Harrisburg, South Dakota
Travis Lape, Innovative Programs Director for the Harrisburg School District in South Dakota, was a presenter for…
Lessons from Tracking Student Flex Time in a Competency-Based High School
The previous blog post described the “flex-mod” schedule that Legacy High School is using to facilitate competency-based…