Illinois Launches Competency Education Pilot Program
Illinois keeps surprising me. First, in July they passed the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act, which included a…
5 Things You Need to Know About New Hampshire’s Completion-Based Funding Model (Hint: It’s Low-Stakes)
Completion-based funding (CBF) is a relatively new school finance model with the potential to increase student learning….
A Better Way Forward for Competency-Based Learning
This post originally appeared at New Profit on September 29, 2016. Over two decades ago, I served…
4 Ways Learning Infrastructure Supports Personalized Education
A well-distributed, statewide “learning infrastructure” is essential to implementing personalized learning at scale. Learning infrastructure includes robust…
How States Can Transform Systems of Assessments to Support Teachers and Students
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), empowers states to redesign their current systems of assessments to better…
Building Educator Capacity to Personalize Learning for Every Student
Only by raising and building the capacity of educators and school leaders will we realize the bold…
CompetencyWorks Releases New Report: Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England
CompetencyWorks published a new report, titled Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New…
Reaching the Tipping Point in New England
There is so much activity in New England regarding competency education (or proficiency-based or mastery-based) that we…
Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England
This paper explores K-12 competency-based education policy and practice across six New England states: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New…
Laying the Groundwork for Proficiency-Based Learning in Rhode Island
This post was previously released and has been updated as Rhode Island moves towards a revised set…