Tag Archives: CompetencyWorks

Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed

Posted on April 5, 2018 by

CompetencyWorks releases new publication, Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed. This publication offers equity strategies for personalized, competency-based education to ensure a more equitable K-12 education system. Districts and schools can use the equity … Continue reading →

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iNACOL Releases: Quality and Equity by Design: Charting the Course for the Next Phase of Competency-Based Education

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

This publication seeks to advance K-12 competency education along four key issues: quality, equity, meeting students where they are, and policy. K-12 education in the United States and across the world is at a critical point in its evolution, and … Continue reading →

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Clarifying the Overall Pedagogical Approach

Posted on January 4, 2017 by

Posted on iNACOL.org on December 29, 2016 in New Learning Models, Practice by Chris Sturgis.  This is the eighth article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders.  Links to the other articles in this series … Continue reading →

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3 Ways New England States Have Advanced Competency-Based Education

Posted on October 11, 2016 by

An in-depth report dives into how New England states are trying to help students graduate high school with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed. Competency-based education has a strong hold in New England. Five of the six northeastern … Continue reading →

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Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England

Posted on October 5, 2016 by

Competency education is expanding across the country as a means to ensure all students are mastering the skills and knowledge to be successful in college, career and civic life. This paper explores the core concepts of competency education, provides insights … Continue reading →

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What Does it REALLY Mean to Do Standards-Based Grading?

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

How does a district implement high quality standards-based grading, and when is the right time? Chris Sturgis does her best to synthesize what she’s been learning from districts in two articles published on CompetencyWorks.   She encourages debate and the … Continue reading →

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Information and Resources from CompetencyWorks

Posted on May 26, 2016 by

Educators in competency-based schools have raised an important issue –  how to cover grade-level standards while meeting kids where they are in their learning, particularly when a student’s performance is well below grade level. Chris Sturgis shares take-aways on this … Continue reading →

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