Can’t Visit a Competency-Based School?
There are more and more people wanting to understand what competency education is and what it looks like in a
January 22, 2014
Archives: CompetencyWorks
Vermont Breakaway on Proficiency-Based Policy
David Ruff from the Great Schools Partnership forwarded me Vermont’s Education Quality Standards or Rule 2000 recently adopted by the
January 20, 2014
Oklahoma Considering Proficiency-Based Promotion
We knew once Robert Sommers became head of Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education and Workforce Development that it wouldn’t be
January 20, 2014
Piecing it Together
Lately, I have been reflecting on my past experiences. Not because of illness or a milestone, but because I read
January 16, 2014
Progress and Proficiency: Redesigning Grading for Competency Education
iNACOL and CompetencyWorks are releasing Progress and Proficiency: Redesigning Grading for Competency Education today. Every school at some point will
January 15, 2014
Our School’s Pathway to Competency-Based Learning
In our continued quest to gain more information about students’ learning, growth and progress, a standards/competency-based grading system has provided
January 14, 2014
Going Higher and Deeper
Developing higher order skills requires deeper learning. As schools implement competency education they realize getting to knowledge utilization or extended thinking
January 11, 2014
Watch Out for Wyoming
Competency education is likely to take root in Wyoming over the next few years. The new Director at the Wyoming
January 10, 2014
Whose Classroom Is This? The Importance of Students’ Voice in Creating a Writer’s Workshop
To reach as many students and skills as possible in a given Unit of Study, and to allow kids time
January 9, 2014
Practitioner Implications in Competency Education: An Interview with Rose Colby
This interview originally appeared in the CSSR October 2014 Newsletter. Rose Colby is a career educator who has worked for the last
January 8, 2014