Karin J. Hess & Rose L. Colby 
Deeper Competency-Based Learning [EPUB ebook] 
Making Equitable, Student-Centered, Sustainable Shifts

List of Figures and Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1: The WHAT, the WHY, and the HOW of CBE
1.1 A Historical Look at the WHAT and WHY of Competency-Based Education
1.2 Considering the HOW that Connects With Your School’s WHY
1.3 Start by Examining the Traditional Education Framework
1.4 Shifts in Moving From Traditional Education to CBE
1.5 Getting Started on Your CBE Journey
Chapter 2: Making Organizational Shifts
2.1 Organizational Shift 1: Policy
2.2 Organizational Shift 2: Leadership
2.3 Organizational Shift 3: Professional Culture
2.4 Organizational Shift 4: Professional Learning
2.5 Developing CBE Assessment Policies and Practices
Chapter 3: Making Shifts in Teaching and Learning Structures
3.1 Establishing Rigorous Goals for Learning: Competencies
3.2 A Range of Performance Assessment Types
3.3 Evidence-Based Grading in CBE Systems
3.4 Evidence-Based Grading and the Body of Evidence (BOE)
3.5 CBE Development and Validation Tools and Processes
Chapter 4: Making the Shift to Student-Centered Classrooms
4.1 Changing Mindsets: Roles, Responsibilities, and Classroom Culture
4.2 Integrating Personalized Core Instruction With Competencies of Deeper Learning
4.3 Applying Instructional Practices to CBE Learning Cycles
4.4 Promoting Intrinsic Motivation and Engagement Through Assessments and Timely Feedback
Appendix A: CBE Tools 1–12
Appendix B: Hess Cognitive Rigor Matrices #1–#5D
Appendix C: Recommended Resources to Support CBE Implementation
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Journal Entries

Daniel Joseph is the founder of CBE Solutions, an organization that supports districts in the strategic transformational shift from traditional, time-based education to personalized competency-based systems of teaching and learning.  Promoting systems level change, by engaging shareholders, building capacity through continuous improvement and aligned intentional instruction. Daniel strives to provide the knowledge, tools and processes to promote the depth of change needed to realize the vision of learning for all students.  Daniel’s practical experience in the arenas of public will, policy, and practice provide direction to schools working towards sustained growth and progress. His involvement with a state level task force in the State of Maine, “Proficiency Based Diploma- Strategic Task Force” provided support for the systemic change in both practice and policy.  In addition to state level engagement, Daniel also was the representative and building based leader for his school district which was part of the (ILN) Innovation Lab Network, CCSSO. Prior to founding CBE Solutions, he supported districts across the country in developing personal mastery systems of learning for Marzano Research and Reinventing School Coalition. Daniel teaches graduate level courses as an adjunct faculty member at Southern New Hampshire University and Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.