Update on Maine’s Proficiency-Based Diploma Policy
To refresh your memory, Maine had originally set a policy that students would be expected to demonstrate…
How New Hampshire Transformed to a Competency-Based System
For almost two decades, New Hampshire has shown how consistent, supportive state leadership can result in a…
Making Learning Personal: Eliminate Gaps and Ensure Mastery through Proficiency-Based Diplomas
, which require students to demonstrate mastery of academic content before graduating, support the adoption of personalized,…
South Carolina Overview
It’s hard to stay on top of all fifty states now that district-wide and whole school competency-based…
Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning
The passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in December 2015, which reauthorized the Elementary and…
Increase Opportunity for Student Success through Multiple Pathways to Graduation
Multiple pathways are an important element of personalized learning environments because they create distinct, equally-rigorous paths for…
Nineteen Districts in Idaho Start the Journey to Mastery-Based Learning
Last week, Superintendent Sherri Ybarra announced the twenty districts/schools that will launch Idaho’s Mastery Education Network (IMEN)….
Proficiency-Based High School Diploma Systems in Maine
I toured the state of Maine last fall to try to understand what was happening in districts,…
Blast Off with the Assessment for Learning Grantees
With ESSA upon us, we are all hurrying to get our heads wrapped around what is possible…
An Opportunity in ESSA for Performance Assessment Literacy and Teacher Leadership
The hope of ESSA is that it will offer a rebalancing for our nation’s accountability principles by…