{"id":5688,"date":"2017-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-k-12-competency-education-27\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:01:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:01:04","slug":"whats-new-in-k-12-competency-education-27","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-k-12-competency-education-27\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s New in K-12 Competency Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lindsay Unified School District transitioned to a performance-based learning system and is seeing results<\/a>\u2014with a 92% graduation rate (compared to 73% prior to transitioning); 42% of graduates currently attend a four-year university (compared to 21% before); and over 70% of graduates of those students will have a degree within 6 years. With Lindsay High School being recognized for its accomplishments by the White House in Washington, D.C., ranking in the 99th percentile of schools in California that are drug-free, bully-free, alcohol-free, and learner-focused, one would have a hard time finding someone who didn\u2019t view Lindsay Unified School District as not only one of the top school districts in Tulare County, or in the state, but, arguably, in the nation.<\/p>\n Lindsay Unified School District released a new book: Beyond Reform: Systemic Shifts Toward Personalized Learning<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n The Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA)<\/a> is creating a new school accountability model in Massachusetts that champions students, teachers and families. They adopted the following seven principles<\/a> for creating a fair and effective accountability system:<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n These articles give examples of the types of questions that need resolved when implementing competency education:<\/p>\n Can schools run A-F grading and proficiency-based learning as parallel ways to communicate progress? York High School in Maine thinks so.\u00a0See article<\/a>.\u00a0If your district or school is doing this, we\u2019d be interested in hearing about your experiences.<\/p>\n For more news and updates in K-12 competency education, sign up for our monthly newsletter\u00a0on our homepage<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on Twitter:\u00a0@CompetencyWorks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[368,371],"location":[],"class_list":["post-5688","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-learn-lessons-from-the-field"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMCIEA Accountability Principles<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Open Requests for Proposals <\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Implementation Questions<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Betsy DeVos<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Videos<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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School Models<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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For Teachers<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Defining and Differentiating Key Terms<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Thought Leadership Pieces<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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