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The Art and Science of Designing Competencies
The Art and Sciences of Designing Competencies paper discusses how innovators in competency education develop competencies. Often this is referred to as a tuning process or reengineering process – mapping from what we want students to know and be...
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Chugach School District: A Personalized, Performance-Based System
This paper explores how an Alaskan school district shifted from a traditional K-12 education system to a personalized, competency-based system, embedded in the culture of the community, which led to increased student achievement. Chugach School...
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Advice: Select a Competency Framework
Here are four different approaches to competencies/frameworks when approaching blended/personalized learning from iNACOL, Jobs for the Future (JFF), Chief State School Officers, Matchbook Learning, and Education Elements. Each example gives insight...
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Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education (DRAFT June 2017)
The purpose of this paper is to explore and reflect on the ideas that state policy needs to address in the long term to support a transformation to competency-based education systems designed to ensure equity so all students can be truly ready for...
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What Is Competency-Based Education? An Updated Definition
This report updates the field's 2011 working definition of competency-based education, which helped to build the field and create common understandings of key elements in competency-based systems among stakeholders. Competency-based education is...
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Advice: Communicating about Competency-Based Learning
The Foundation for Excellence in Education developed this state policy communications toolkit around competency-based education.
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Learn Next: Competency Based Learning Resources
These resources were co-designed through a partnership between the Competency Based Learning experts at reDesign and 2Revolutions.
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Transitioning to Competency-Based Learning at Trailblazer
Trailblazer slowly and strategically shifts to competency-based learning through ongoing professional development and defining scoring systems.
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Parent Example: Competency-Based Learning at Trailblazer
Mrs. Vasquez, a teacher and a parent at Trailblazer, discusses the benefits of competency-based learning for parents of students.
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State Policy & K-12 Competency-Based Education
This iNACOL Issue Brief provides an overview of competency-based education, and provides state policy recommendations and resources for policymakers who are ready to enable and support competency education. Competency-based education is a next...
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Why Trailblazer Decided to Transition to Competency-Based Learning
The principal of Trailblazer discusses the rationale and benefits behind competency-based learning.
