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CompetencyWorks, Report

Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education

September 2022

Wendy Surr, Kim Carter, and Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

CompetencyWorks, Report

Habits of Success: Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for Learning, Work, and Life

October 2021

Dr. Eliot Levine

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Issue Brief, CompetencyWorks

A Mastery-Based Math Teacher’s Journey

September 2021

Ashley Ferrara

Issue(s): How to Get Started, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Issue Brief, CompetencyWorks

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

October 2020

Pat Fitzsimmons

Issue(s): State Policy, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

CompetencyWorks, Report

What Is Competency-Based Education? An Updated Definition

November 2019

Dr. Eliot Levine, Susan Patrick

Issue(s): State Policy, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Rethink Instruction, Activate Student Agency

CompetencyWorks, Report

Moving Toward Mastery: Growing, Developing and Sustaining Educators for Competency-Based Education

November 2018

Katherine Casey

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning

CompetencyWorks, Book

Quality Principles for Competency-Based Education

October 2018

Chris Sturgis, Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Evaluate Quality, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments, Activate Student Agency, Engage Community

CompetencyWorks, Report

Levers and Logic Models: A Framework to Guide Research and Design of High-Quality Competency-Based Education Systems

May 2018

Chris Sturgis, Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

CompetencyWorks, Report

Meeting Students Where They Are

April 2018

Antonia Rudenstine, Dixie Bacallao, Sarah Hakani, Sydney Schaef

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Rethink Instruction

CompetencyWorks, Report

Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency-Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed

April 2018

Chris Sturgis, Katherine Casey

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

CompetencyWorks, Report

Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education

January 2018

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

CompetencyWorks, Report

Quality and Equity by Design: Charting the Course for the Next Phase of Competency-Based Education

October 2017

Susan Patrick, Chris Sturgis, Nina Lopez

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality

CompetencyWorks, Report

An Introduction to the National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education

June 2017

Susan Patrick, Chris Sturgis

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

CompetencyWorks, Report

Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education (DRAFT June 2017)

June 2017

Susan Patrick, Dale Frost, Natalie Truong, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): State Policy, Redefine Student Success, Create Meaningful Qualifications, Redesign Accountability Systems for Continuous Improvement, Build Balanced Systems of Assessments, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Base Learning on Mastery Not Seat Time, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education

CompetencyWorks, Report

In Search of Efficacy: Defining the Elements of Quality in a Competency-Based Education System

June 2017

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality

CompetencyWorks, Report

In Pursuit of Equality: A Framework for Equity Strategies in Personalized, Competency-Based Education

June 2017

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity, Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity

CompetencyWorks, Report

Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England

October 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): State Policy, Create Pilots and Innovation Zones, Create Enabling Conditions for Competency-Based Education, Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field

CompetencyWorks, Report

Chugach School District: A Personalized, Performance-Based System

March 2016

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Learn Lessons from the Field

CompetencyWorks, Report

Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders

June 2015

Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Learn Lessons from the Field, Engage Community

CompetencyWorks, Report

Maximizing Competency Education and Blended Learning: Insights from Experts

March 2015

Susan Patrick, Chris Sturgis

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

CompetencyWorks, Report

An International Study in Competency Education: Postcards from Abroad

October 2014

Susan Patrick, Sara Frank Bristow

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

CompetencyWorks, Report

Aligning K-12 State Policy with Competency Education

September 2014

CompetencyWorks, iNACOL

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

CompetencyWorks, Report

Aligning K-12 Federal Policy with Competency Education

September 2014

CompetencyWorks, iNACOL

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

CompetencyWorks, Report

A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change

February 2014

Lillian Pace, Maria Worthen

Issue(s): Federal Policy, Design for Educational Equity

CompetencyWorks, Report

Progress and Proficiency: Redesigning Grading for Competency Education

January 2014

Chris Sturgis

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

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Over the last two decades, the Aurora Institute has driven the transformation toward student-centered, next-generation learning for K-12 education. During that time, the Aurora Institute published more than 200 reports and webinars in support of these efforts.