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A Timeline of K-12 Competency-Based Education Across New England States

January 10, 2017

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

The Trouble with Prescriptive Policies When Paradigms are Shifting

January 9, 2017

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Illinois Launches Competency Education Pilot Program

December 8, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Domain Blog

5 Things You Need to Know About New Hampshire’s Completion-Based Funding Model (Hint: It’s Low-Stakes)

December 1, 2016

Joy Cho, Larry Miller

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Reaching the Tipping Point in New England

October 4, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Education Domain Blog

CompetencyWorks Releases New Report: Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England

October 4, 2016

Natalie Slocum

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Laying the Groundwork for Proficiency-Based Learning in Rhode Island

September 30, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

9 Ways States Can Support Personalized, Competency-Based Education Systems

August 22, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Domain Blog

9 Ways States Can Support Personalized, Competency-Based Education Systems

August 11, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Evolving

August 3, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Inspiring Innovation and Optimizing Learning through Maker Spaces

June 20, 2016

Natalie Slocum

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Promising State Policies

May 25, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Update on Maine’s Proficiency-Based Diploma Policy

May 11, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Domain Blog

How New Hampshire Transformed to a Competency-Based System

May 10, 2016

Dale Frost

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

Nineteen Districts in Idaho Start the Journey to Mastery-Based Learning

April 25, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Blast Off with the Assessment for Learning Grantees

April 19, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Florida and Utah Look to Support Districts through Competency-Based Education Pilots

April 11, 2016

Susan Gentz

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Competency-Based Education Task Forces: A State Policy Mechanism to Foster Personalized Learning by Creating Dialog, Surfacing Barriers and Providing Solutions

April 4, 2016

Susan Gentz

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Innovation Zones: Creating Policy Flexibility for Personalized Learning

March 31, 2016

Susan Gentz

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Domain Blog

Florida and Utah Look to Support Districts through Competency-Based Education Pilots

March 29, 2016

Susan Gentz

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Education Domain Blog

11 Strategic Policy Priorities to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning

March 25, 2016

iNACOL Center for Policy Advocacy

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Education Domain Blog

Education Innovation Pilot Programs Provide Catalyst for Localities Personalizing Learning for K-12 Students

March 3, 2016

Susan Patrick, Susan Gentz

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Maine: At the Forefront of Proficiency-Based Learning

February 19, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

Will Maine Stay the Course?

February 18, 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones

3 Smart State Approaches to Competency-Based Education

February 10, 2016

Karla Esparza-Phillips

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education