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Building 21’s Open Competencies, Rubrics, and Professional Development Activities

December 23, 2019

Thomas Gaffey

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

What Could a Shift Toward a Whole Child Approach Look Like in Schools? An Emphasis on Mental Health

December 23, 2019

Brooke Stafford-Brizard

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Learn Lessons from the Field

The Competency Train Pulls Into Kankakee: Common Start-up Challenges and Strategies

December 17, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Deep Community Partnerships Lead to Authentic Project-Based Learning at Oakland USD

December 12, 2019

Young Whan Choi

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

Education Domain Blog

A Call to Action for Higher Education to Modernize Teaching

December 12, 2019

Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA, State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

What's New In K-12 Competency-Based Education?

December 6, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Education Domain Blog

The State of the Field, 2019

December 6, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

The Challenges of a Large, Diverse School District and the Promises of Performance Assessment Micro-credentials

December 2, 2019

Justin Elliott

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field

But What About The Test?

November 25, 2019

Christy Kingham

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Learn Lessons from the Field, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

Building a District Innovation Ecosystem Accelerates School Transformation

November 19, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field

CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency, Design for Educational Equity

Education Domain Blog

CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

Student Thinking Made Visible: Assessing Transferable Skills with Brief Performance Tasks

November 12, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

Education Domain Blog

Eliot Levine Shares News on the Definition of Competency-Based Education in the Latest Innovation Spotlight Podcast

November 12, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency

New Resources and Future Directions in Competency-Based Education

November 7, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Issues in Practice

Where We Started and Where We Are Now: Reflecting on the Field of Competency-Based Education

November 4, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Issues in Practice

Education Domain Blog

iNACOL Has Become the Aurora Institute

October 29, 2019

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): Federal Policy, State Policy, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

iNACOL Is Now the Aurora Institute

October 28, 2019

Susan Patrick

Education Domain Blog

The U.S. Department of Education Is Inviting New Applications for Round 3 of the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority

October 26, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments, State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

CompetencyWorks Meetup at the iNACOL Symposium

October 24, 2019

Eliot Levine

Education Domain Blog

Bringing Education Policy and the Learning Sciences into Alignment

October 24, 2019

Natalie Truong

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Develop Educator Capacity, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation

Education Domain Blog

New Innovation Spotlight Episode – Education Policy and the Learning Sciences with Natalie Truong

October 23, 2019

DeQuendre Bertrand

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Five State Policy Recommendations for Governors: Supporting Innovation in Education for the Future Workforce

October 18, 2019

Susan Patrick, Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, Create Space to Pilot Systems of Assessments

Education Domain Blog

Seven States With Enabling Policies to Support Innovations in K-12 Education to Offer More Personalized Approaches and Competency-Based Systems

October 16, 2019

Alexis Chambers, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Fund Innovation, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Support Professional Learning