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Webinar: Research on attendance in K-12 online learning programs (Recording link)

January 13, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Going Higher and Deeper

January 11, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Watch Out for Wyoming

January 10, 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Upcoming Research Webinar on NCVPS’s blended learning initative

January 10, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Whose Classroom Is This? The Importance of Students’ Voice in Creating a Writer’s Workshop

January 9, 2014

Kaili Phillips

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

Practitioner Implications in Competency Education: An Interview with Rose Colby

January 8, 2014

Anna Fazekas

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

Education Domain Blog

Webinar: Research on Algebra 1 and Biology Teachers (Recording link)

January 8, 2014

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Curriculum Models Need to Preserve Standards, Not Break Them Apart

January 7, 2014

Caroline Gordon Messenger, Ph.M. and Marc Pardee

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Deadlines Matter: Debunking the Myth That Standards-Based Grading Means No Deadlines

January 6, 2014

Brian Stack

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Rethink Instruction

Getting Started and Scaling Competency-Based Education

January 3, 2014

Andrea Stewart

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

Competency Education: The Solution to Retention

December 30, 2013

Rose Colby

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

What Can We Learn From Our Foreign Language Teachers?

December 23, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Data analytics in K-12 online learning – Guest blogger Dr. Joe Cozart

December 23, 2013

Dr. Joe Cozart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Proficiency-Based Education Meet-Up in Oregon

December 18, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Is Mastery a 3 or a 4 or Something Far Beyond That?

December 17, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

APEX Academy: A Diploma Plus School

December 16, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

Colorado Department of Education Research

December 16, 2013

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Iowa Competency-Based Task Force Release Report

December 13, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

How Competency-Based Grading Has NOT Changed Our School’s Transcript

December 13, 2013

Brian Stack

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

Getting Up to Speed on Grading

December 11, 2013

Chris Sturgis

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

Education Domain Blog

School Accountability > Student Learning Accountability

December 11, 2013

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement

On Five Musts for Mastery

December 10, 2013

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Curriculum Model for Mastery-Based Learning

December 9, 2013

Caroline Messenger

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

Education Domain Blog

Free Research in Review Webinar on data analytics

December 6, 2013

Kathryn Kennedy

Issue(s): Issues in Practice

Education Domain Blog

Aligning State Accountability as a Driver of Student-Centered Learning

December 5, 2013

Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement

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