Featured Work
Featured Work
Over 15 years, I've written extensively about competency-based education, performance assessment, and systems transformation. Here are some pieces that shape my thinking and showcase my work.
A comprehensive blog post synthesizing entry points and resources for each element of Aurora's competency-based education definition. This piece connects to the CBE Starter Pack series, providing practitioners with accessible pathways into understanding and implementing competency-based systems.
A conversation about moving beyond traditional measures of student success to design systems that truly center student learning and growth. We explore what it means to create assessment and accountability structures that serve all learners.
This research study examines how performance assessments impact graduates' academic, professional, and personal lives. Through interviews with graduates from schools using performance assessment, the study reveals how these deeper learning experiences prepare students for success beyond high school. This foundational research informed the development of the Quality Performance Assessment model and guide that I later led across multiple states.
This report highlights how three Kentucky communities transformed student learning experiences through shared vision, clear expectations with flexibility, authentic student demonstrations, and teacher learning. These themes offer concrete examples of what's possible when we commit to deeper learning approaches—and remind us that we already have much of the knowledge needed to guide implementation.
A site visit to a small district (800 students, one campus) that's been quietly transforming education for over a decade by blending community partnerships, student-centered learning, and inclusive culture. Real schools, real challenges, real solutions—not theoretical frameworks, but living examples of what's possible when educators commit to putting students at the center.
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