Policy Background
- High School Credit
- WAC 180-51-050 defines a high school credit to mean:
Grades nine through twelve or the equivalent of a four-year high school program, or as otherwise provided in RCW 28A.230.090(4): (a) Successful completion, as defined by written district policy, of courses taught to the state's essential academic learning requirements (learning standards). If there are no state-adopted learning standards for a subject, the local governing board, or its designee, shall determine learning standards for the successful completion of that subject; or (b) Satisfactory demonstration by a student of proficiency/competency, as defined by written district.
- FAQs on WA Credit
- Changes to WA's definition of high school diploma reqs
- Board of Education's Report on CBE (2015)
- Districts may use proficiency-based credits or time-based credits as of November.(CFAT 50State Scan of Course Credit Policies 2013)
Evidence of Improved Achievement, Attainment, or Cost-Effectiveness: No information at this time (June 2014)
Networks and Resources
Districts and Schools
- Independent Learning Center received competency-based waiver in 2016. In the article it suggests that there are three other schools that have a waiver.
- Nova in Seattle (not sure in what it is competency-based)
- Indication of some interest in WA by education leaders
- Highline, Issaquah, Chelan and Methow Valley have all sought waivers for Big Picture model schools
- Puget Sound Educational Service District: RTT District awardee, not sure what CBE strategy is or status of implementation (2016)
Higher Education
- City of Seattle University
- The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (WSBCTC) partnered with Lumen Learning to design the self-paced online courses, which adapt content and activities based on each student's prior knowledge and progress toward mastering course objectives. See article (2014)
- Washington WGU has healthcare management program.
- Pierce College offers associate in business