10 Principles of Proficiency-Based Learning
Great Schools Partnership continues to produce great resources to support states and districts converting to competency education. They have drawn
April 18, 2014
Archives: CompetencyWorks
The Paradox of Right the First Time: Transform Assessment Practices to Reflect Growth
Those of us experimenting with how we accurately measure student skills and abilities hit a wonderful fork in the road
April 16, 2014
District Transformation in Danville
I’m itching to go to Danville, Kentucky after listening to Superintendent Carmen Coleman on the webinar How Competency-Based Education is
April 14, 2014
Light at the End of the Tunnel
After finishing a round of site visits in New Hampshire and Colorado I had come to the conclusion that it
April 14, 2014
Don’t Miss These Webinars
There are more and more webinars coming up on proficiency-based or competency-based learning. We list them on Upcoming Events to
April 10, 2014
A Tide of Understanding
Lately, I have been pondering how to help educators better visualize a progression of learning targets while warning them to
April 10, 2014
A Tale of Two States
I had a quick conversation with Sal Khan last month that really highlighted the importance of the questions, What do
April 9, 2014
Chewing on Learning Progressions: Some Food For Thought
One of the big pushes in our district (and many others throughout Maine) is customized learning: students working at their
April 7, 2014
Learning My Lesson
I had asked my ninth grade students to write a “last” chapter to the novel Seedfolks by Paul Fleischmann we
April 3, 2014
Gateways, Not Grades
This is the second of a two-part series on Making Community Connections Charter School. Click here for Part 1. In
April 2, 2014