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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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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

Flexibility in Competency-Based Education

February 20, 2015

Asante Johnson

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

Shifting the Culture in Learner-Centered Environments

February 18, 2015

Mary Bellavance

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

What Comes after "Next"?

February 18, 2015

Michelle Weise

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Leverage Career and Technical Education

The SAMR Model in Blended Learning

February 16, 2015

Lydia Leimbach

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

Beyond the Carnegie Unit

February 11, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Performance-Based Home Schooling

February 10, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

Never The First to Finish: Why Pace Matters

February 9, 2015

Sarah Vander Schaaff

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Skilling Up: CBE Is the $500B Opportunity Every Tech Entrepreneur Should Tap

February 9, 2015

Michelle Weise

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

Where to Meet Up with Competency Educators

February 5, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Teaching through the Culture: Native Education in a Performance-Based System

February 4, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in K-12 Competency Education?

February 3, 2015

Natalie Slocum

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

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Competency-Based Education and Student Learning Objectives

February 2, 2015

Scott Marion

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started

What Would Andrew Do?

January 29, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time

Chugach School District: Performance-Based Education in a One-Room School House

January 27, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

What's New in Competency Education in Higher Education?

January 27, 2015

Natalie Slocum

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

Negotiating Release

January 26, 2015

Lydia Leimbach

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Overcoming Faculty Resistance to CBE

January 26, 2015

Dorothy Wax

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Engage Community

A Victory for Competency-Based Education

January 23, 2015

Lillian Pace

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA

On Perseverance in the Classroom

January 22, 2015

Eric Toshalis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Helping HELP: Paul Leather’s Testimony on Assessments and Accountability

January 21, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Harness Opportunities in ESSA, State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments

You Gotta Keep ’em Separated: How to Give CBE Breathing Room

January 21, 2015

Michelle Weise

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Modernize HEA

Ownership, Not Buy-In: An Interview with Bob Crumley, Superintendent Chugach School District

January 20, 2015

Chris Sturgis

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

ACHIEVE’s Communication Tool Kit – Must Use!

January 16, 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Engage Community

In Search of the Goldilocks Scale

January 15, 2015

Jonathan Vander Els

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