Competency-Based Education
EPIC’s Study of Competency-Based Education in Michigan is supported by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation jointly sought by the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative (EPIC) and Michigan Department Education (MDE) to study how districts across Michigan are implementing competency-based education (C-BE) and to provide technical assistance to MDE and local districts from the Center for Assessment.
This study will focus on helping our partners understand how schools and districts are implementing C-BE; how Michigan Department of Education can further support districts implementing C-BE; and whether and how C-BE is leading to positive intermediate- and long-term outcomes.
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Reports: C-BE
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative publishes reports on a rolling basis for our partners.
CBE Survey Instrument Report
This technical report explains the development of the competency-based education surveys, their revisions, and report descriptive results and reliabilities from the 2020-21 administration of the survey.
In The Media: C-BE
Education Policy Innovation Collaborative’s Competency-Based Education research features in the media.
EPIC Named Partner to Study Competency-Based Education
Michigan’s Department of Education is partnering with the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative to study how school districts implement the Competency-Based Education concept.
Policy Briefs: C-BE
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative publishes Policy Briefs on a rolling basis in conjunction with our partners.
Competency-Based Education in Michigan: Survey Findings
This policy brief revisits how core CBE practices are being implemented after another year, but also to examines progress toward the intended intermediate and deeper learning outcomes.
Working Papers: C-BE
The Education Policy Innovation Collaborative publishes Working Papers on a rolling basis in conjunction with our partners.
Structural Limitations to Flexible Pacing in Michigan CBE Pilot Districts
This paper draws on mixed-methods data from teacher surveys and interviews to examine the use of flexible instructional pacing in five Michigan school districts implementing competency-based education.
What’s Happening Around C-BE
Structural Limitations to Flexible Pacing in Michigan CBE Pilot Districts
This paper draws on mixed-methods data from teacher surveys and interviews to examine the use of flexible instructional pacing in five Michigan school districts implementing competency-based education.
Competency-Based Education in Michigan: Survey Findings
This policy brief revisits how core CBE practices are being implemented after another year, but also to examines progress toward the intended intermediate and deeper learning outcomes.
CBE Survey Instrument Report
This technical report explains the development of the competency-based education surveys, their revisions, and report descriptive results and reliabilities from the 2020-21 administration of the survey.
CBE in MI’s 21j Pilot Districts: Case Studies of Implementation and Innovation
This brief outlines the core components of competency-based education and its Theory of Change that highlights mechanisms that may be necessary for the core components to translate into deeper learning for students. We then discuss implementation elements at the local level, presenting data from case studies of three participating 21j pilot districts. Finally, we elucidate challenges and successes experienced by the case districts in their work to implement CBE.
C-BE Presentations
Interim results from study of Competency-Based Education
This presentation was created in order to support the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) as they work to study how competency-based education is being implemented in Michigan.
