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Drawing on lessons learned by innovators and early adopters, this blog shares original research, knowledge, and a variety of perspectives from across the field of K-12 competency-based education.

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Ensuring Responsiveness to Student Needs at Learn4Life Schools

March 26, 2020

Eliot Levine

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

Building Coherent High School Grading and Reporting Systems in Competency-Based Education, Part 3

March 19, 2020

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, How to Get Started

Building Coherent Grading and Reporting Systems in Competency-Based Education, Part 2

March 16, 2020

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, How to Get Started

Building Coherent Grading and Reporting Systems in Competency-Based Education, Part 1

March 11, 2020

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, How to Get Started

Strong Evidence of Competency-Based Education’s Effectiveness from Lindsay Unified School District

March 2, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

A High School With No Students – Only “Scholars”

February 25, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Activate Student Agency, Learn Lessons from the Field

Personalization and Positive School Culture at Del Lago Academy

February 19, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Rethink Instruction

Science Competencies and Micro-credentials at Del Lago Academy

February 13, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Rethink Instruction

Interdisciplinary Projects and Assessment Practices at Del Lago Academy

February 10, 2020

Eliot Levine

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

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

February 3, 2020

Eliot Levine

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

Designing Equitable and Culturally Responsive Learning Spaces

January 27, 2020

Karla Vigil, Emily Abedon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Support Professional Learning

Transitioning to Standards-Based Grading

January 20, 2020

Eliot Levine

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

Framing Habits of Work and Capstone Skills in Northern Cass

January 14, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field, Redefine Student Success

The Evolution of Competency-Based Transformation in Northern Cass

January 8, 2020

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, How to Get Started, Learn Lessons from the Field, Rethink Instruction, Support Professional Learning

Reinventing Crediting and Transcripts (Part 2): Considerations for Making Change

January 2, 2020

Jonathan Martin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Reinventing Crediting and Transcripts (Part 1): Learning from Experience

December 30, 2019

Jonathan Martin

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

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

December 23, 2019

Thomas Gaffey

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

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, Learn Lessons from the Field, Rethink Instruction, Support Professional Learning

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

December 12, 2019

Young Whan Choi

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

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

December 6, 2019

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

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, Commit to Equity, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Rethink Instruction, Support Professional Learning

But What About The Test?

November 25, 2019

Christy Kingham

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

Building a District Innovation Ecosystem Accelerates School Transformation

November 19, 2019

Eliot Levine

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

CompetencyWorks Releases Report Updating Definition of Competency-Based Education

November 14, 2019

Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

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