Competency-Based Education Across America
The Aurora Institute’s policy map shows widespread investment in competency-based education across the country. To highlight this…
Federal and State Policy Updates Published September 2021
Federal Updates Additional State COVID-19 Relief Spending Plans Approved by the U.S. Department of Education – The…
Federal and State Policy Updates Published August 2021
Federal Updates U.S. Department of Education Approves State Plans for Use of American Rescue Plan Funds to...
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…
Summative vs. Formative Assessment: From Binary Choice to Continuum
This post originally appeared on the Great Schools Partnership blog on June 10, 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown…
Competency-Based Education in Rural Schools
CompetencyWorks has featured visits to rural schools, enabling us to examine how competency-based education has taken hold…
In Real Life: How do CBE systems support all students to reach mastery?
This article is the seventh in a nine-part “In Real Life” series based on the complex, fundamental…
In Real Life: How Do CBE Systems Manage Differences In Pace?
This article is the sixth in a nine-part “In Real Life” series based on the complex, fundamental…
What Lessons Are We Learning from Maine
The people of Maine have been reflecting and re-setting strategies regarding proficiency-based learning since this summer when…
Moving from Compliance to Agency: Maine Modifies its Proficiency-Based Policy
The growing concerns about proficiency-based learning has led to the Maine state legislature repealing the proficiency-based diploma…