Below are references Dr. Mark Siegel uses in his presentations, organized by type of reference. Many more references can be found  by searching for “Proficiency-Based Education” or “Competency-Based Education” or similar terms on Google.
BOOKS AND ARTICLES
- Creative Schools: The Grassroots Revolution That’s Transforming Education, Ken Robinson
- Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution, Richard DeLorenzo Â
- Edutopia, Northern Lights… http://www.edutopia.org/chugach-school-district-reform
- Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning: Learning in the Age of Empowerment    Schwahn and McGarvey (May 30, 2012)   (http://masscustomizedlearning.com/)
- Chuck Schwann interview (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLCQaeU81sc&feature=contextcha
- Bea McGarvey interview (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsQXKwd2VpI&feature=plcp\
- It’s About Time—A Framework for Proficiency-based Teaching & Learning,  Diane Smith (Business Education Compact) http://becpdx.org/proficiency/its_about_time.aspx
- Off the Clock – Moving Education from TIME to COMPETENCY, Bramante & Colby
- The Atlantic (May 9, 2012), How to Break Free of Our 19th-Century Factory-Model Education System – A technology and education entrepreneur gazes into the future of theclassroom, http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/how-to-break-free-of-our-19th-century-factory-model-education-system/256881/
- The One World Schoolhouse – Education Reimagined, Salman Khan
- Wall St. Journal (March 10, 2014) Shaking Up the Classroom – Some Schools Scrap Age-Based Grade Levels, Focusing on Mastery of Material
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304899704579391101344310812
- AdvancED Source, A New Paradigm – Putting All Students in the Driver’s Seat http://www.advanc-ed.org/source/new-paradigm-putting-all-students-drivers-seat
- Chapter 6 ,The Last Frontier:Tackling the Letter Grader (Ken O’Connor), Ahead of the Curve: The Power of Assessment to Transform Teaching and Learning (Leading Edge (Solution Tree)) Hardcover– September 24, 2007
VIDEOS AND REPORTS
- ISM Full Steam Ahead  http://isminc.com/pdf/unsorted/fullsteamahead%20final.pdf
- Salman Khan/Khan Academy on ted.com http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html
- Prisoners of Time, Education Commission of the States  http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/64/52/6452.pdfÂ
- Proficiency-Based Instruction and Assessment, Oregon Education Roundtable  http://orbusinesscouncil.org/docs/archive/Proficiency_Practice_Excerpt2_0.pdf
- Sir Kenneth Robinson: RSA Animate, Changing Education Paradigms (TED talk) Â Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
- Standards-Based Grading and Assessing Student Mastery of Content (recorded webinar &  resources/materials) http://www.relnei.org/events/event-archive/standards-based-grading.html    Â
SITES/GROUPS/BLOGS/SOFTWARE
- Adams School District 50 (CO), Competency-Based System, http://www.cbsadams50.org/
- (video) http://adams50.org/cbsvideo
- Business Education Compact   http://becpdx.org/proficiency/resources.aspx
- Competency Works, http://www.competencyworks.org/
- Credit for Proficiency Oregon Dept of Ed http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=35
- Educate, http://www.educatek12.com/
- Lindsay Unified School District  (videos) http://www.lindsay.k12.ca.us/menus/videos.html
- Maine Department of Education, http://www.maine.gov/doe/
- Reinventing Schools Coalition (RISC) http://www.reinventingschools.org/
- Mark Siegel’s Blog Thinking About Education http://www.delphian.org/page.cfm?p=400
- New Hampshire Department of Education, http://education.nh.gov/ Â (high school transformation) http://www.education.nh.gov/innovations/hs_redesign/index.htm
(video) http://education.nh.gov/innovations/redefining-education-video.htm - US Dept of Education Competency-Based Learning or Personalized Learning Resources http://www.ed.gov/oii-news/competency-based-learning-or-personalized-learning
- West Linn-Wilsonville Sch Dist, Proficiency Based Learning, www.wlwv.k12.or.us/Page/759
Dr. Mark Siegel can be contacted below at:
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