Does Competency Education Mean the Same Thing for K-12 and Higher Education?
Over the past two months, I’ve had several invitations to discuss the intersection of higher education (HE) and K12 in
June 19, 2014
Archives: CompetencyWorks
What Is a Proficiency-Based Diploma?
By far, this news piece on Maine’s proficiency-based diploma is the best I’ve seen at explaining what we mean when
June 18, 2014
Tying It Together with Performance Assessments
During the past year, Memorial Elementary School staff has focused our learning on how to develop high quality performance assessments. Along
June 17, 2014
What’s New in Competency Education
There seems to be more reports, articles and advancements in competency education than ever before. Periodically we’ll put it all
June 16, 2014
Finding Your Way With a Roadmap
Most of the districts that have converted to competency education have done so with very little use of technology. It’s
June 13, 2014
Interested in Innovative School Models? What to Consider to Make Sure They Are Successful
In working with over 100 schools across the country on new approaches to integrating instruction and technology in order to
June 10, 2014
Maine Walks the Talk – Extends Date for Proficiency-Based Diplomas
In 2012, Maine’s legislature passed L.D. 1422, which established proficiency-based high school diplomas. The policy stated that the class of 2015
June 9, 2014
#BlendedLearning: What Adaptive Technologies Do (Answering the “To What End” Question)
Originally posted June 6, 2014 at Education Domain The phone rings and a superintendent is asking, “What adaptive software do I
June 9, 2014
Reflections on Competency-Based and Blended Learning
Originally posted June 4, 2014 by Education Elements Last week, Justin DeLeon and I attended the Competency Based Education
June 6, 2014
100%
One hundred percent of the public institutions of higher education in five states have endorsed proficiency-based education. That’s right —
June 5, 2014