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The Overwhelming Act of Assessing Writing in a CBE School

January 22, 2016

Crystal Bonin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Casco Bay High School: The What and HOW of Learning

November 23, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

What Role Can/Should Assessment Play?

November 7, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

From Formative Assessment to Tracking Student Mastery: The Road to Competency-Based Instruction

August 20, 2015

Megan Mead

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Assessing Work Study Practices in a Competency Education School

July 19, 2015

Brian Stack

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Needed: Partners with Assessment Expertise

June 2, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Credibility Starts with Consistency with Common Assessments

May 26, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Moving Past Summative vs. Formative Assessments

May 26, 2015

Michelle R. Weise and Michael B. Horn

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

What’s Your Dream Grading Tool? NYC Educators State Their Must-Haves

May 20, 2015

Jeremy Kraushar and Joy Nolan

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Setting the PACE: Teacher Assessment Practices in a Competency-Based Education System

May 18, 2015

Jonathan Vander Els

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

How Do You Measure Competency? Curriculum Can Help Guide the Way

April 2, 2015

Caroline Messenger

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Competency-Based Education: Faculty Goals and Student Grades

March 18, 2015

Gregory Arbuckle

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Warning: Delayed Graduation Possible

February 26, 2015

Karla Esparza-Phillips

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Engage Community

How Can I Tell if a School is Using Performance Assessments?

February 23, 2015

Laurie Gagnon and Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

In Search of the Goldilocks Scale

January 15, 2015

Jonathan Vander Els

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Chugach School District’s Performance-Based Infrastructure

January 7, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

A Construction Kit for Personalized Assessment of Competency-Based Learning

December 18, 2014

Kim Carter

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

EPIC Schools: Putting Young Men of Color in the Center of the Design (Part 1)

December 8, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

Carroll Gardens School for Innovation (MS 442): Intentional School Design

December 5, 2014

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

The Case for Performance Assessments in a Standards-Based Grading System

December 5, 2014

Louis DeLoreto

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

What is the Difference between Standards-Based Grading (or Reporting) and Competency-Based Education?

November 11, 2014

Matt Townsley

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

The Role of Assessment Instruments in a Competency-Based System

November 5, 2014

Caroline Messenger

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Back to Bloom: Solving the 2 Sigma Problem with Online CBE

October 29, 2014

Michelle Weise

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Considering Competency-Based Education? Reconsider How You Assess

October 16, 2014

Julia Freeland

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

No Laughing Matter: Productive Assessment and the Value of Taking a Pulse

September 10, 2014

Justin Ballou

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments