Upcoming Webinar on New Hampshire’s Competency-Based System
The Alliance for Excellent Education is sponsoring a webinar on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 on Strengthening High School Teaching and
January 11, 2013
Archives: CompetencyWorks
A GPS for Competency Education
We are now starting to see whole networks of schools move towards competency education. The Asia Society, which has 34
January 9, 2013
Getting Started
I’ve been getting increased requests from districts and schools looking for consultants or resources to help them get started in
January 8, 2013
Pre-Assessment: A Key to the ZPD
The Zone of Proximal Development is the sweet spot of education; this is where meaningful learning happens. We all read
January 3, 2013
Wading into the Water: Curriculum Design for Competency Education
The section on Curriculum and Instruction in Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education is chock full of
January 2, 2013
What Happens Once a Student Reaches Proficiency?
During my travels in Maine last fall to three districts in the Maine Cohort for Customized Learning that are well
January 2, 2013
Upcoming Webinars
Drawing upon the knowledge in Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education, CompetencyWorks is hosting a series of
January 2, 2013
Oregon Gets an A+ for its New Grading Policy
Diane Smith from Oregon’s Business Education Compact forwarded to me the Student Achievement, Grading and Reporting policy passed in December
January 1, 2013
The Learning Edge
CompetencyWorks is releasing it’s 2nd issue brief, The Learning Edge: Supporting Student Success in aCompetency-Based Learning Environment today. We picked
December 17, 2012
When Is It Competency Education? And When Is It Not?
It’s getting popular. Many schools claim to be using competency education. Does offering adaptive software or blended learning immediately make
December 14, 2012