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<p>We recommend choosing at least two readings that look engaging and relevant and skimming the others. We have provided annotations when necessary and indicated if we're aware that a particular organization or writer is involved in promoting competency-based education. We invite you to discuss readings in the forum; it is not required.</p>
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<li>Digital Promise. Date unknown. “<a href="https://digitalpromise.org/cbe_subtopic/student-family-input/" target="_blank">Student/Family Input</a>.” Accessed February 4, 2019. Examples of how schools have thought about outreach to community and parent stakeholders. </li>
<li>Great Schools Partnership. Date unknown. <a href="https://www.greatschoolspartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Building-Proficiency-Systems_Graphic_oct_2018.pdf" target="_blank">Building Proficiency Systems</a>. Accessed February 4, 2019. One model illustrating how schools might go about creating a CBE system, with four key steps and related tasks at both the administrative and classroom levels. Great Schools Partnership advocates for systemic change in schools and they view CBE as playing a key role. Note: this resource is licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International</a> license.</li>
<li>Hollands, Fiona. 2016. "<a href="https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-05-09-is-competency-based-education-worth-the-investment" target="_blank">Is Competency-Based Education Worth the Investment?</a>" <em>Digital Learning in Higher Ed</em>, EdSurge, May 9. This article raises questions about whether CBE in higher education is worthwhile for students, faculty, colleges and universities, and employers.</li>
<li>Krauss, Stephanie Malia. 2014. "<a href="https://www.competencyworks.org/reflections/why-my-competency-based-school-failed-and-how-it-can-help-yours-to-succeed/" target="_blank">Why My Competency-Based School Failed — And How It Can Help Yours to Succeed</a>.” CompetencyWorks, February 10. Reflections from the founder of Missouri’s first CBE school on why it failed. CompetencyWorks is pro-CBE. </li>
<li>Minero, Emelina. 2018. "<a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/do-no-zero-policies-help-or-hurt-students" target="_blank">Do No-Zero Policies Help or Hurt Students?</a>" <em>Assessment</em>, Edutopia, July 3. This article captures some of the debate about one way schools may change their approach to grading when transitioning to CBE: adopting a no-zero policy.</li>
<li>Peters, Betsy. 2017. “<a href="https://www.newschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Competency-based-learning-State-of-the-U.S.-K-12-market.pdf" target="_blank">Competency-Based Learning: State of the K-12 US Market</a>.” New Schools Venture Fund, July 2017. A market survey that presents key CBE characteristics, information about US policy, barriers to adoption, the K-12 market in the US, and technology platforms. </li>
<li>Schwartz, Katrina. 2015. “<a href="https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/41061/steps-to-help-schools-transform-to-competency-based-learning" target="_blank">Steps to Help Schools Transform to Competency-Based Learning</a>.” <em>Mindshift</em>, KQED, July 9. This article describes strategies for CBE implementation using a systems-based approach.</li>
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