January 2017 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up
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Here are the highlights from January 2017 on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have questions you want us to delve into!
SITE VISITS AND CASE STUDIES
Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England
- Part 2 – The Every Student Succeeds Act: A Catalyst for Competency Education at Scale?
- Part 3 – Five Drivers of Transformation in New England States
- Part 4 – The Trouble with Prescriptive Policies When Paradigms are Shifting
- Part 5 – A Timeline of K-12 Competency-Based Education Across New England States
- Part 6 – Three Lessons Learned from New England States Transitioning to Competency-Based Education
- Part 7 – Seven Key Questions for States Looking to Transition to Competency Education
- Part 8 – Putting the Pieces Together to Build a Competency-Based Statewide System
- Part 9 – We Have a Proficiency-Based Diploma. Now What?
Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders
- Part 25 – Continuous Improvement: Improving Performance and Personalization through Powerful Data
- Part 26 – Continuous Improvement: Addressing the Needs of Struggling Students
- Part 27 – Staying the Course
D51 School District
HIGHER EDUCATION
Webinar on Assessment Delivery and Proctoring
What’s New in Competency-Based Higher Education? by Natalie Abel
UPCOMING EVENTS
National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education
How to Participate in the Equity Technical Advisory Group
How to Participate in the Policy Technical Advisory Group
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
What’s New in K-12 Competency Education? by Natalie Abel
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Accountable Talk by Courtney Belolan
What’s New in K-12 Competency Education? by Natalie Abel
REFLECTION
The Relationship between Competency-Based Education in Institutes of Higher Education and K12
- Part 1 – Some of These Things are Not Like the Others: CBE in Higher Ed and K12
- Part 2 – The Field of CBE in Higher Education and K12
- Part 3 – Streamlining the Transition between K12 and Higher Education
- Part 4 – Thinking about Design Elements and Quality Standards
TEACHER AND EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVES
Who’s Leading the Way? A Promising Competency-Based Model for Historically Marginalized Students? By Antonia Rudenstine and Sydney Shaef
A Close-Up Look at How a Workshop Framework Can Enhance Personalized Learning by Mary Bellavance
Leveling the Playing Field: Asynchronous Learning in High-Poverty, Competency-Based Urban High Schools by Neil Geyette and Dixie Bacallao
AROUND THE WEB
Christensen Institute
- Should Instructional Choice Trump School Choice? By Julia Freeland Fisher
- Why Educators are Moving Away from the Station Rotation Model by Clifford Maxwell
- Education Innovation in 2017: 4 Personalized Learning Trends to Watch by Julia Freeland Fisher