The State of the Field, 2019
The following is an excerpted transcript of the State of the Field address, delivered on October 28th...
But What About The Test?
This post originally appeared at the Mastery Collaborative on June 11, 2019. How can high-stakes testing “live”…
Building a District Innovation Ecosystem Accelerates School Transformation
The Henry County Schools, a large suburban district just south of Atlanta, has spent six years transforming…
CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education
Today, the CompetencyWorks initiative of the Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) released What Is Competency-Based Education? An Updated…
What Is Competency-Based Education? An Updated Definition
This report updates the field’s 2011 working definition of competency-based education, which helped to build the field…
New Resources and Future Directions in Competency-Based Education
The first part of our annual reflection focused on the field’s evolution and where we are now….
Where We Started and Where We Are Now: Reflecting on the Field of Competency-Based Education
With the field of competency-based education growing and changing so quickly, it’s important to step back from…
iNACOL Has Become the Aurora Institute
For 17 years, iNACOL has been a leading voice advocating for expanding high-quality K-12 educational opportunities. Over...
The U.S. Department of Education Is Inviting New Applications for Round 3 of the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) will release a Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for the third round…
Bringing Education Policy and the Learning Sciences into Alignment
Today, the Aurora Institute (formerly iNACOL) published Aligning Education Policy with the Science of Learning and…