This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on May 24, 2017. 

We are now in high gear to get ready for the National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education. I continue to be both amazed and grateful for the collaborative spirit of the competency education field. I wanted to share with you the incredible list of resources that the Summit participants have suggested as the best reading and resources in the field right now. A bunch of them are new to me – so I better get reading!

Online Resources for Competency Education

• CompetencyWorks
• iNACOL
• Great Schools Partnership
• KnowledgeWorks
• Mastery Collaborative
• reDesign
• Students at the Center Hub

Introducing Personalized, Competency Education

• REPORT | Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended and Competency Education, published by iNACOL
• REPORT | When Success Is the Only Option: Designing Competency-Based Pathways for Next Generation Learning, by Chris Sturgis and Susan Patrick, published by CompetencyWorks
• BOOK | Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution, by Richard Delorenzo, Wendy J. Battino, Rick M. Schreiber, and Barbara B. Gaddy
• REPORT | Personalized, Competency-Based Education, by Jennifer S. Norford and Robert J. Marzano, published by Marzano Research
• REPORT | Expanding Competency-Based Learning for All Students, published by Jobs for the Future (JFF)
• REPORT | The Past and the Promise: Today’s Competency Education Movement, by Cecilia Le, Rebecca Wolfe and Adria Steinberg, published by Jobs for the Future
• ONLINE RESOURCE | Research Collaborative Seminar: Encouraging and Sustaining Competency-Based Learning Environments, published by Students at the Center Hub

Case Studies

• BOOK | Beyond Reform: Systemic Shifts Toward Personalized Learning, by Lindsay Unified School District
• REPORT | Inside Mastery-Based High Schools: Profiles and Conversations, published by Springpoint
• ONLINE RESOURCE | A Multimedia Monograph on Bronx Arena High School’s Innovative Model, published by reDesign

Accountability

• REPORT | Accountability for College and Career Readiness: Developing a New Paradigm, by Linda Darling-Hammond, Gene Wilhoit and Linda Pittenger, published by Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education

Implementing Competency Education

• REPORT | Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders, by Chris Sturgis, published by Competency
• ONLINE RESOURCE | Ten Principles of Proficiency-Based Learning, published by Great Schools Partnership
• BOOK | A Handbook for Personalized Competency-Based Education, by Robert J. Marzano, Jennifer S. Norford, Michelle Finn, Douglas Finn III, published by Marzano Research

Leadership

• ARTICLE | The Work of Leadership, by Ron Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie, published by Harvard Business Review
• ARTICLE | The One Type of Leader Who Can Turn Around a Failing School, by Alex Hill, Liz Mellon, Ben Baker, and Jules Goddard, published by Harvard Business Review

Policy

• REPORT | Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning, by Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Dale Frost and Susan Gentz, published by iNACOL
• REPORT | Meeting the Every Student Succeeds Act’s Promise: State Policy to Support Personalized Learning, by Susan Patrick, Maria Worthen, Dale Frost and Susan Gentz, published by iNACOL

Grading

• REPORT | The Case Against Grades, by Alfie Kohn, published by ASCD
• BOOK | On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting, by Thomas R. Guskey
• REPORT | Progress and Proficiency: Redesigning Grading for Competency Education, by Chris Sturgis, published by CompetencyWorks

Assessments

• BOOK | Hacking Assessment: 10 Ways to Go Gradeless in a Traditional Grades School, by Starr Sackstein
• REPORT | Creating Systems of Assessment for Deeper Learning, by David T. Conley and Linda Darling-Hammond, published by Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education
• ARTICLE | The Role of Assessment in a Learning Culture, by Lorrie A. Shephard, published by Educational Researcher

Deeper Learning

• BOOK | Deeper Learning: How Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Transforming Education in the Twenty-First Century, by Monica Martinez and Dennis McGrath
• REPORT | Ready for College and Career? Achieving the Common Core Standards and Beyond through Deeper, Student-Centered Learning, by Karin Hess, Brian Gong, and Rebecca Steinitz, published by Nellie Mae Education Foundation

Future Focus

• BOOK | Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Out Daily Lives by the Year 2100, by Michio Kaku
• ONLINE RESOURCE | A Shared Learning Agenda, published by Transcend Education
• BOOK | Making Hope Happen: Creating the Future You Want for Yourself and Others, by Shane J. Lopez
• BOOK | Thanks for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations, by Thomas L. Friedman

The Case for Transforming Education

• BOOK | The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World that Values Sameness, by Todd Rose
• BOOK | Failing at School: Lessons for Redesigning Urban High Schools, by Camille A. Farrington
• REPORT | Dissatisfied Yet Optimistic: Moving Faster Toward New School Models, by Stacey Childress, Aylon Samouha, Diane Tavenner, and Jeff Wetzler, published by NewSchools Venture Fund, Transcend and Summit Public Schools
• ARTICLE | Kids Don’t Fail, Schools Fail Kids: Sir Ken Robinson on the ‘Learning Revolution’, by Mary Jo Madda, published by EdSurge
• ARTICLE | A Venture Capitalist Searches for the Purpose of School. Here’s What He Found, by Valerie Strauss, published by The Washington Post

Quality

• REPORT (draft) | Quality Standards for Competency-Based Educational Programs, published by Competency-Based Education Network
• ARTICLE | How the CORE Districts Are Designing New Measures of School Quality, by Michael Hanson, published by EdSource

Developmental Approaches

• BOOK | Ready, Willing and Able: A Developmental Approach to College Access and Success, by Mandy Savitz-Romer and Susanne Bouffard, published by Harvard Education Press
• REPORT | Building Blocks for Learning: A Framework for Comprehensive Student Development, by K. Brooke Stafford-Brizard, published by Turnaround for Children
• REPORT | Foundations for Young Adult Success: A Developmental Framework, by Jenny Nagaoka, Camille A. Farrington, Stacy B. Ehrlich, and Ryan D. Heath; with David W. Johnson, Sarah Dickson, Ashley Cureton Turner, Ashley Mayo, and Kathleen Hayes, published by University of Chicago Consortium on School Research

Social Emotional Learning / Knowledge, Skills, Dispositions

• REPORT | Looking Under the Hood of Competency-Based Education: The Relationship Between Competency-Based Education Practices and Students’ Learning Skills, Behaviors and Dispositions, by Erin Haynes, Kristina Zeiser, Wendy Surr et al, published by Nellie Mae Education Foundation
• REPORT | Integrating Social and Emotional Learning and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, published by the University of Texas at Austin Charles A. Dana Center
• ONLINE RESOURCE | CORE’s Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Pilot Effort, produced by Transforming Education, and the California Office to Reform Education (CORE)
• ONLINE RESOURCE | Professional Learning: Social Emotional Learning Team, published by Anchorage School District.
• REPORT | Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions: The Innovation Lab Network State Framework for College, Career, and Citizen Readiness, and Implications for State Policy, published by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).
• PODCAST | The Intelligence in All Kinds of Work, and the Human Core of All Education That Matters, interview of Mike Rose by Krista Tippett

Equity

• BOOK | Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools, by Linda Skrla, Kathryn Bell McKenzie, and James Joseph Scheurich
• ARTICLE | Toward a Tribal Critical Race Theory in Education, by Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy, published by The Urban Review
• ARTICLE | Suspending Damage: A Letter to Communities, by Eve Tuck, published by Harvard Educational Review, http://pages.ucsd.edu/~rfrank/class_web/ES-114A/Week%204/TuckHEdR79-3.pdf

Learning Science

• BOOK | Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide to Assessment and Intervention, by Peg Dawson and Richard Guare
• BOOK | Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, by Angela Duckworth

Pace and Progress

• BOOK | Off the Clock: Moving Education from Time to Competency, by Fred Bramante and Rose Colby
• REPORT | Measuring Student Progress and Teachers’ Assessment of Student Knowledge in a Competency-Based Education System, by R. Marc Broderson and Bruce Randel, published by U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Central

Personalized Learning

• REPORT | Personalized Learning: Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities, published by National Center for Learning Disabilities
• BOOK | Tapping the Power of Personalized Learning: A Roadmap for School Leaders, by Jim Rickabaugh
• BOOK | Personalized Learning Playbook, by Anthony Kim and Kawai Lai, published by Education Elements
• REPORT | LEAP Learning Framework, published by LEAP Innovations