CompetencyWorks | January 2021

January 29, 2021

This monthly newsletter shares the latest CompetencyWorks blog posts and Aurora Institute publications—providing thought leadership and practical lessons learned from the field to support transformation toward personalized, competency-based K-12 schools and systems.

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

CompetencyWorks provides brief reviews of new resources, research, and Aurora Institute news and publications.

A Synthesis of Competency-Based Education Implementation and Outcomes Research

Carla Evans, Erika Landl, and Jeri Thompson of the Center for Assessment provide an overview of their peer-reviewed article synthesizing 20 years of research on competency-based education that provides insights about student outcomes, factors that affect implementation, and questions for future research.

What Do We Know About the Implementation and Outcomes of Personalized, Competency-Based Learning? A Synthesis of Research from 2000 to 2019

Grading for Equity: A Teacher’s Reflections

A Teacher’s Reflections on Grading for Equity

Kristen Brown of NYC iSchool and the Mastery Collaborative reflects on strategies for equitable assessment in her own teaching while also reviewing Joe Feldman’s book Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms.

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Improving Communication of K-12 Personalized Learning Research

At the National Research Convening on Building the Evidence Base for K-12 Personalized Learning, communications professionals from leading organizations in the field shared strategies for communicating and disseminating findings from personalized learning research

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Improving Communication of K-12 Personalized Learning Research

Top 10 CompetencyWorks Blog Posts of 2020

The year-end roundup features the most-read blog posts by ten different authors, highlighting that CompetencyWorks invites voices from across the field to share their perspectives on K-12 competency-based education with both original content and re-posts from other blogs.

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Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Education: Strategies and Tools for Professional Learning

In this archived webinar, members of the Vermont Agency of Education’s Proficiency-Based and Personalized Learning teams describe strategies for building essential components of proficiency-based assessment systems and developing personalized learning plans

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Strengthening Local Assessment Systems for Personalized, Proficiency-Based Education: Strategies and Tools for Professional Learning

Mere Engagement: Reflections about the Connections Between Online Learning, Student Agency, and Student Engagement

This issue brief offers educators and school leaders seven action steps to reimagine and strengthen student agency and engagement when students are learning virtually. Authors Laureen Avery, Marsha Jones, Sara Marr, and Derek Wenmoth share lessons learned from the field.

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Wishing good health to you and your families, schools, and communities.

Eliot Levine and Susan Patrick
Aurora Institute CompetencyWorks

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About CompetencyWorks

CompetencyWorks is an initiative that provides information and knowledge about competency-based education in the K-12 education system. Drawing on lessons learned by innovators and early adopters, CompetencyWorks is an online resource for sharing knowledge, original research and policy advances, and a variety of field perspectives. CompetencyWorks provides an informative blog with practitioner knowledge on key topics and papers on emerging issues, with resources curated from across the field of K-12 competency-based education.

Contact: Eliot Levine
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