Who Should Determine What Proficiency Is?
Governor’s Task Force on Improving Education in Idaho has been considering mastery-based education (Connecticut also uses this…
A Tale of Two States
I had a quick conversation with Sal Khan last month that really highlighted the importance of the…
More on Implementation in Maine
Thanks to the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Maine Department of Education was able to conduct a…
iNACOL Research intern Janice Silver guest blogs about personalization
iNACOL Research Intern Janice Silver is guest blogging today about her brief literature review on personalization. Personalization…
JTATE Special Issue released (Guest bloggers Joe Freidhoff and Kevin Oliver)
Today I am joined by two of my colleagues, Drs. Joe Freidhoff and Kevin Oliver, to share…
Are You a Policy Wonk?
If you are, then you don’t want to miss the Wednesday, February 12th webinar about the report A K-12…
A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education
Although there are few barriers to competency education caused from federal policy, there is certainly a lot…
Vermont Breakaway on Proficiency-Based Policy
David Ruff from the Great Schools Partnership forwarded me Vermont’s Education Quality Standards or Rule 2000 recently…
Oklahoma Considering Proficiency-Based Promotion
We knew once Robert Sommers became head of Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education and Workforce Development that…
Watch Out for Wyoming
Competency education is likely to take root in Wyoming over the next few years. The new Director…