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Marion, Scott; Worthen, Maria; Evans, Carla – Aurora Institute, 2020
Competency-based education systems hold promise for maximizing high-quality teaching and learning for the growth of all students. Such systems, if well designed and implemented, can serve critical equity aims by ensuring that all students are supported in meeting key learning and development targets. Competency-based education systems, however,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation, Equal Education
Pace, Lillian; Worthen, Maria – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
This paper provides a vision and set of policy recommendations to help federal, state, and local leaders develop the workforce necessary to support teaching and learning in a competency-based K-12 education system. Part One, Pre-service and Credentialing for K-12 Competency-Based Learning Environments, provides policymakers with a framework and…
Descriptors: Competence, Teacher Competencies, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement
Worthen, Maria; Pace, Lillian – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2014
This paper provides federal policymakers and advocates with comprehensive, big-picture ideas for transforming federal policy to support the transition to competency-based learning. It is meant to start a dialogue on these issues, posing important questions to explore as policymakers contemplate a new vision for federal education policy through the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Policy, Public Policy