Listening to Students and Shifting the Narrative
View the videos from Shifting Chicago Narratives, an 11-week after-school project that is engaging students through multi-media platforms to tell their stories.
Ridgewood High School Competency Education
Ridgewood High School’s website includes an overview of its Competency Education program that focuses on what students need to keep them in school as well as prepare them for college and careers.
Round Lake Area Schools Standards-Based Grading
An explanation of Unit District #116’s approach to grading and how it differs from a traditional system
CPS Competency-Based Education Framework
The framework Chicago Public Schools uses for alignment, reporting, and assessment.
Fostering Relationships for Recovery: Lessons from a CBE Pilot School
Competency-based education means different things at different schools, but at Benito Juarez Community Academy, a Chicago neighborhood public high school, it means a focus on equity—and that means prioritizing social-emotional skills, or developmental/adaptive competencies, as well as academics.
Shifts Happen: New Opportunities for Moving Toward Personalization and Competency-Based Approaches
Designed for education policymakers and practitioners, this webinar explores the opportunities remote learning provided to shift from traditional teaching and learning to more systemic personalized and competency-based approaches.
Chicago Equity-Centered Innovation Forum Resource Hub
The Chicago Equity-Centered Innovation Forum (CEIF) is a partnership between Education Systems Center and Chicago Public Schools aimed at supporting innovative models for addressing systemic inequities such as student-centered personalized instruction, competency-based approaches, and performance assessments. Explore resources created and curated by CEIF.
ISBE Competency Pilot Overview
Visit the Illinois State Board of Education webpage for an overview of the CBE pilot and a list of participating districts.
Illinois Learner Competencies Working Group Guidance Document
Initial guidance for developing academic and adaptive learner competencies as part of implementing a competency-based education system.
Local Advisory Panels for Transitional Instruction: Processes, Promising Practices, and Lessons Learned
Conversations with five established Local Advisory Panels for transitional math have resulted in a document that is intended to provide guidance at all phases of establishing and running a Local Advisory Panel.